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Diplomacy: Qatar and the UAE’s most effective tool for security
Leaders of the smaller GCC states are increasingly prominent in the foreign visits they make. Such hectic international networking is not just for show: the newer generation of Gulf leaders see it delivering at a number of levels – not least helping to give them the security they crave.
Issue 811, 3 August 2007. 
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UAE mulls deployment of forces to Afghanistan, building on peace support experience
The United Arab Emirates has the fastest-growing defence capabilities in the Gulf, and one of the most exceptional features of the federation’s military development has consistently been its willingness to deploy forces on out-of-area peace support operations.
Issue 811, 3 August 2007. more
Also see Issue 811, 3 August 2007. UAE peace-keeping: Building on three decades of experience
French-Emirati nuclear agreement dusted off
France and the UAE have agreed to revive a 1980 bilateral agreement in which Paris would help the Federation to launch its own nuclear power programme.
Issue 811, 3 August 2007. more
Dollar peg in question as UAE faces monetary realities
Central Bank of the UAE governor Sultan Bin Nasser Al-Suwaidi has admitted that the question of a break with the dollar currency peg is now on the agenda, despite May’s public commitments to the contrary by Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum.
Issue 809, 6 July 2007. more
Increasingly well-armed, the UAE mouse roars across the Gulf
There are signs that the six-emirate confederation is growing increasingly confident at its ability to project power within its littoral areas, with notable repercussions for the UAE’s relationship with Iran.
Issue 807, 8 June 2007. more
UAE leaders say no to a forex policy shift – for now
Barely had Kuwait’s abandonment of the dollar peg been announced than Qatar and the UAE came under pressure to declare whether they would follow suit, because they too are wrestling with inflationary pressures. But within days both countries had ruled out any early change.
Issue 806, 25 May 2007. more
Advanced terrorist threat indicators in the UAE
For years the UAE has been an oasis of peace in a blighted region, leading analysts to probe the reasons behind the Emirates’ remarkably low level of terrorist incidents. Now there are indications that jihadist planners are finally turning their attention to the region’s commercial and pleasure hub.
Issue 802, 30 March 2007. more
UAE ruling family members with a passion for education
Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al-Nahayan has been responsible for higher education in the UAE since December 1990. The scientific research portfolio was a later addition and for just over a year he held the entire education portfolio until Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MBR) reshuffled the cabinet in February 2006.
Issue 801, 16 March 2007. more
UAE investment pours into Pakistan, setting new records for FDI
With the GCC oil boom, Gulf investment in Pakistan has reached an unprecedented level. In December, UAE ambassador to Islamabad Ali Mohammed Al-Shamsi announced plans to increase official investment from $12bn to $50bn over the coming years. Pakistan is benefitting from a range of public and private capital flows; Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s finance advisor Dr Salman Shah said in late December that the 2007 forecast for remittances from Pakistanis overseas was some $4.5bn, a large percentage from the Gulf.
Issue 797, 19 January 2007. more
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| 2006 Archive – UAE – Federal |
Beyond the FNC election
This month’s electoral college vote has created a climate which should drive ahead moves towards a wider form of popular participation, even though not all Emiratis are enthused by the prospect – even among the small minority of nationals entitled to vote in elections to fill half the seats on the 40-member Federal National Council.
Issue 796, 22 December 2006. more
Also see Issue 794, 24 November 2006: Candidate enthusiasm for UAE’s complex election
UAE’s complex electoral manoeuvres make voting experiment a hard call
Of all the Gulf’s recent elections, the indirect federal poll about to be staged in the seven emirates, for an assembly whose future powers remain unclear, is surely the most complex. The leadership in Abu Dhabi is indicating this represents a modest start, with more ambitious electoral politics to follow, but for the foreseeable future it is the emirates’ rulers and their key aides who will continue to call the shots.
Issue 795, 8 December 2006. more
A ‘sustainable’ opportunity
According to the Department of Commerce, for the first time the value of US trade with Israel this year, will probably be overtaken by its bilateral trade with the UAE, which is expected to reach almost $7bn.
American officials are feeling bullish about the UAE – which has emerged as a major strategic partner – with diplomatic confidence bolstered by the smooth succession of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahayan, after the death of his father, founding federal president, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahayan.
Issue 792, 27 October 2006. more
Iran and the GCC: when affable local diplomacy is not enough
It is almost a year since Abdulrahman Hamad Al-Attiyah described Iran as a threat to the region’s stability. The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) secretary-general accused the Islamic Republic of harbouring ambitions to transform south Iraq into an Iranian protectorate and described Tehran’s nuclear plans as a “serious threat to our security”. But was Al-Attiyah really reflecting the views of member governments – and what do they feel today, having had the chance to watch President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s performance on the international stage?.
Issue 791, 13 October 2006. more
Also see Issue 791, 13 October 2006. GCC and Iran: regional relations
UAE at the crossroads draws little jihadist fire
A decade since the formal declaration of Al-Qaeda’s war against Western culture, it remains a mystery to many why the UAE hasn’t suffered from even a single major attack from the jihadist underground.
Issue 788-789, 15 September 2006. more
Markets test dollar as UAE lines up reserves shift
Investment strategy, not politics, is behind the decision to convert some of the UAE’s reserves to euros. But that doesn’t make the precedent-setting Emirati currency shift any less sensitive.
Issue 786, 21 July 2006. more
Radical cabinet shake-up represents a step towards UAE integration
The accession of Dubai’s new ruler to the federal premiership has produced one of the most important government reshuffles in 35 years. It is a clear declaration of intent, a pointer to the evolution of national development strategy but also a completion of the leadership change effectively inaugurated with the November 2004 death of iconic founding president Sheikh Zayed.
Issue 776, 24 February 2006. more
MBR’s accession injects a new dynamic into Dubai/Abu Dhabi ties
It says something for the speed at which he works that Dubai’s new Ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum has already been nominated to the premiership of the United Arab Emirates, one of two federal posts held by his late brother, Sheikh Maktoum, who died suddenly in Australia on 4 January, from a heart attack according to initial reports.
Issue 773, 13 January 2006. more
Handle liberalisation with care, say UAE insurers
Premiums are low, regulation is getting tighter and competition seems set to intensify. Economic boom conditions ought to favour the UAE’s insurance industry, but nervousness prevails as international rivals moving into the Gulf.
Issue 773, 13 January 2006. more
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