| Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success CM Davidson Columbia University Press, 2008 | 616 | 2008 |
| The United Arab Emirates: A Study in Survival CM Davidson Lynne Rienner, 2005 | 474 | 2005 |
| After the Sheikhs CM Davidson Oxford University Press, 2013 | 329* | 2013 |
| Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond CM Davidson Columbia University Press, 2009 | 287 | 2009 |
| The Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai: Contrasting Roles in the International System CM Davidson Asian Affairs 38 (1), 33-48, 2007 | 99 | 2007 |
| The Persian Gulf and Pacific Asia: from indifference to interdependence CM Davidson Columbia University Press, 2010 | 75 | 2010 |
| Abu Dhabi's new economy: Oil, investment and domestic development CM Davidson Middle East Policy 16 (2), 59, 2009 | 74* | 2009 |
| Shadow wars: The secret struggle for the Middle East CM Davidson London: Oneworld, 2016 | 62 | 2016 |
| Power and politics in the Persian Gulf monarchies CM Davidson Columbia University Press, 2011 | 61 | 2011 |
| Higher education in the Gulf States: Shaping economies, politics and culture CM Davidson, P Mackenzie-Smith Saqi, 2009 | 55 | 2009 |
| From traditional to formal education in the lower Arabian Gulf, 1820–1971 CM Davidson History of Education 37 (5), 633-643, 2008 | 52 | 2008 |
| After Shaikh Zayed: the politics of succession in Abu Dhabi and the UAE CM Davidson Middle East Policy 13 (1), 42, 2006 | 51 | 2006 |
| Arab nationalism and British opposition in Dubai, 1920–66 CM Davidson Middle Eastern Studies 43 (6), 879-892, 2007 | 41 | 2007 |
| Dubai: foreclosure of a dream CM Davidson Middle East report. 251 (Summer), 8-13, 2009 | 39 | 2009 |
| The United Arab Emirates: prospects for political reform CM Davidson The Brown Journal of World Affairs 15 (2), 117-127, 2009 | 37 | 2009 |
| Persian Gulf-Pacific Asia linkages in the twenty-first century: a marriage of convenience? CM Davidson London School of Economics/Kuwait Programme Research Papers. 1 (7), 1-35, 2010 | 34* | 2010 |
| The higher education sector in the Gulf: History, pathologies, and progress CM Davidson The EU and the GCC: Challenges and prospects under the Swedish EU presidency …, 2010 | 33 | 2010 |
| The United Arab Emirates and policy priorities for higher education CM Davidson, W Fox Higher education in the Gulf States: Shaping economies, politics and culture …, 2008 | 32* | 2008 |
| Higher education in the Gulf: a historical background CM Davidson Higher education in the Gulf states: shaping economies, politics and culture …, 2008 | 30 | 2008 |
| Dubai and the United Arab Emirates: security threats CM Davidson British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 36 (3), 431-447, 2009 | 29* | 2009 |
Nabil SultanVisiting Professor (SERVUS - Free University Amsterdam)Verified email at vu.nl
