Christopher Davidson is Reader in Middle East Politics and a Fellow at Durham University in the UK.
According to a review in The Christian Science Monitor, the book "comes closer than any recent popular study to offering definitive answers" to the questions of the origins of the strife in the region.
[4] Davidson received attention for his prediction that many expatriate investments in Dubai and Iraq may see substantial losses.
In May 2008 he was involved in a successful escape attempt from western Beirut amidst an armed takeover by militants.
[6] In October 2009 he was the keynote speaker, with Donald Trump Jr., at Cityscape 2009 in Dubai, the Middle East's biggest real estate investment conference.