Dania Thafer

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Dania Thafer

Dr. Dania Thafer is the Executive Director of Gulf International Forum. Her area of expertise is on US-Gulf relations, security and the political economy of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. She is also a Professorial Lecturer at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University.

Dr. Thafer been widely published and interviewed on matters concerning the Arab Gulf states. She has co-authored two edited books, The Arms Trade, Military Services and the Security Market in the Gulf States: Trends and Implications, and The Dilemma of Security and Defense in the Gulf Region. Dr. Thafer is currently writing a book focused on the effect of state-business relations on economic reform in the GCC states. Previously, she worked at the National Defense University’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies.

Dr. Thafer has a master’s degree in Political Economy from New York University, and has a PhD in Political Science from American University in Washington, DC.

 

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After the Financial Crisis: Dubai-China Economic Relations
Middle East Institute
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    • After the Financial Crisis: Dubai-China Economic Relations

    Dubai is strategically located at a junction between Europe, Africa, and the Far East. For China, an emerging global leader in trade and international business, Dubai is a promising place in which to conduct business. Exploring Dubai-Sino economic relations beckons a more comprehensive understanding of both the level of Dubai’s economic diversification and the impact of the global financial crisis. Dubai’s private sector is extensively engaged in foreign trade, with an emphasis on the service industry. The service industry has three subsectors—tourism, finance, and real estate. Assessing the trajectory of China’s involvement in these three sectors of Dubai’s economy sheds light on how Dubai-Sino economic relations have been affected by the global financial crisis.

    September 15, 2013

    Dania Thafer

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