United Arab Emirates

Wednesday 5th October

The United States and Pakistan – beyond the verbal division

Humayun Saleem, 5 October 2011
The United States and Pakistan engage in a war of words. Iraq to strengthen air sovereignty with the acquisition of 18 F-16 jets. Protests continue in Andhra Pradesh as demands increase for Telangana state. Unguarded weapons depots in Libya cause concerns. Anwar al-Awlaki is killed, but his legacy remains. All this in today’s briefing…
Tuesday 30th August

Stakeholders of goodwill: neither the "salad bowl" nor the "melting pot"

Parag Khanna and Aaron Maniam, 30 August 2011
Meaningful stakeholders in the collective, each becoming reasonable people of goodwill - this is the model for successfully living with the identitarianisms that will otherwise tear our future apart. This applies as much to multi-ethnic Europe as the Gulf States or Singapore
Monday 25th April

Gulf States: studious silence falls on Arab Spring

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, 25 April 2011
New demands for political reform in the Gulf are meeting a repressive response by regimes especially panicked when pro-democracy protests swell into cross-sectarian movements for meaningful political reform. This brutality polarises opinion between advocates of reform and proponents of repression. It also poses a dilemma for western policy makers in their engagement with their strategic partners in the region.
Tuesday 2nd March

Washington split by revised US nuclear strategy

Dries Belet, 2 March 2010
White House reconsiders nuclear weapons policy. Pakistani Taliban chief killed by US airstrike. Dubai moves to tighten Israeli entry ban. All this and much more, in today’s security briefing.
Wednesday 17th February

Mossad accused of complicity in assassination of top Hamas official in Dubai

Rukeyya Khan, 17 February 2010
Mossad is accused of complicity in assassination of top Hamas official in Dubai. Russia and Abkhazia sign deal to build joint military base. Cluster munitions treaty to enter force this year. US reinstates ties with Syria. US drone attack kills three in Pakistan. More journalists killed in 2009 than ever before. All this and more in today’s security briefing.
Tuesday 2nd February

Iran takes critical stance on US missile defences

Dries Belet, 2 February 2010
Iranian officials attempt to discredit US missile defence deployments. China warns Obama over meeting with Dalai Lama. Somali Al Shabab unite with Al Qaeda’s jihad. Female suicide bomber kills 54 Iraqi pilgrims. All this and much more in today’s security briefing.
Friday 4th December

Dubai and Abu Dhabi: implosion and opportunity

Christopher M Davidson, 4 December 2009
The financial crisis in Dubai exposes the hollow reality underlying the city’s glitzy facade of wealth. The political implications for the United Arab Emirates and the wider region are enormous.
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