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Published in: HomeThe United Arab Emirates: frontiers of the Arab SpringThe United Arab Emirates has yet to face Arab Spring street protests, as have Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and its other...
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Published in: HomeThe UAE: a fake diamond?
Recently the state has adopted a far more developed and pervasive programme to alienate, punish and detain the opposition.
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Published in: HomeThe UAE: holding back the tide
As a deeply-tribal and largely homogeneous society that has also engaged heavily both in state-branding and...
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Published in: HomeRamadan, Dubai style
The way to ‘respect’ Ramadan is not only to abide by rules on public eating during daylight hours, but also to...
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Published in: HomeStartup Weekend Beirut
The revolution was the graveyard of the old way of doing business, which depended mainly on personal connections,...
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Published in: HomeEmirates Identity Cards
Residents are wondering why they so urgently need them. Parents are particularly questioning this, objecting that...
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Published in: HomeReturn to Dubai
What never ceases to amaze me is Dubai’s resilience. Back in 2009, building projects had visibly ground to a halt....
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Published in: HomeHuman rights in the UAE
If you are one of the million Brits who will visit the UAE this year, think about this as you are seduced by the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe United States and Pakistan – beyond the verbal division
The United States and Pakistan engage in a war of words. Iraq to strengthen air sovereignty with the acquisition of...
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Published in: HomeStakeholders of goodwill: neither the "salad bowl" nor the "melting pot"
Meaningful stakeholders in the collective, each becoming reasonable people of goodwill - this is the model for...
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Published in: HomeGulf States: studious silence falls on Arab Spring
New demands for political reform in the Gulf are meeting a repressive response by regimes especially panicked when...
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Published in: openSecurityWashington split by revised US nuclear strategy
White House reconsiders nuclear weapons policy. Pakistani Taliban chief killed by US airstrike. Dubai moves to...
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Published in: openSecurityMossad accused of complicity in assassination of top Hamas official in Dubai
Mossad is accused of complicity in assassination of top Hamas official in Dubai. Russia and Abkhazia sign deal to...
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Published in: openSecurityIran takes critical stance on US missile defences
Iranian officials attempt to discredit US missile defence deployments. China warns Obama over meeting with Dalai...
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Published in: HomeDubai and Abu Dhabi: implosion and opportunity
The financial crisis in Dubai exposes the hollow reality underlying the city’s glitzy facade of wealth. The...
