United Arab Emirates

 
  • Op-Ed
    The Egypt-UAE Diplomatic Crisis
    Frederic Wehrey January 17, 2013 World Politics Review

    The Egyptian-Emirati diplomatic tensions reflect the larger Gulf-wide unease over the Arab Spring.

     
  • Article
    Reducing the Role of Nuclear Weapons: What the NPDI Can Do

    The governments driving the new Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative should consider pressing states to clarify the roles they assign to nuclear weapons and exploring a standard of use.

     
  • Op-Ed
    The Iranian Nuclear Challenge and the GCC
    Brian Radzinsky, Jaclyn Tandler, George Perkovich May 31, 2012 Quaderni di Relazioni Internazionali

    It is tempting for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to turn to nuclear technology as part of a larger strategy to counter Iranian influence in the region.

     
  • Article
    MENA Needs a More Dynamic Private Sector
    Ritva Reinikka June 29, 2010

    The private sector has become the main driver of growth in the Middle East and North Africa, but more consistent and equitable regulations are needed to transform the region into a diversified, high-performance economy.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Joining the Fold
    Riad al Khouri December 20, 2007 Al-Ahram Weekly

    Since global change accelerated a decade or so ago, mentioning globalisation has tended to upset many people in the Arab world. Was 2007 the year that the region moved closer -- and more comfortably -- to the rest of the globe?

     
  • Op-Ed
    Arab Spring Fever
    Nathan Brown, Amr Hamzawy August 29, 2007 The National Interest Online

    A series of unusual scenes on the streets of the Middle East nurtured an inspiring story line of an emerging “Arab spring” that mimicked the earlier triumph of democracy from the Philippines to Prague: mass demonstrations in Lebanon; joint rallies of Egyptian Islamists and liberals against the Mubarak regime; and elections in Iraq, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, Egypt and even Saudi Arabia.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    Iran the Next Shoe to Drop?
    Karim Sadjadpour November 30, 2009 CNBC's Street Signs

    Given the deep economic and cultural ties between Iran and Dubai, the recent economic troubles in the Emirate will certainly have an impact on Iran and may even play a role in the international negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    U.S. Overtures Highlight Divisions In Iran
    Karim Sadjadpour March 24, 2009 NPR's Morning Edition

    President Obama's Nowruz message to the Iranian leadership and people was dismissed by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, but many Iranians appear dissapointed by his response.

     
  • Event
    Dynamic Gulf: Forces of Change in a Strategic Region
    Frederic Wehrey June 14, 2013 Washington, DC

    Scholars, analysts, and activists from across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States will examine the forces at work in the Gulf.

     
  • Event
    Public Opinion on Iraq and the Arab Spring
    James Zogby, Marwan Muasher, Marina Ottaway, Mustafa Hamarneh, Edward Gnehm Jr. December 19, 2011 Washington, D.C.

    Zogby Research Services conducted polling in eight countries across the Middle East and North Africa, as well as in the United States, to look at public opinion on the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the Arab Spring, and other recent developments in the region.

     
  • Event
    Arab Monarchies Confront the Arab Spring
    Marwan Muasher, Paul Salem, Marina Ottaway, Jon B. Alterman November 22, 2011 Washington, D.C.

    Arab monarchies have so far survived the unrest of the Arab Spring without major challenges to their authority, but their countries are not immune to the widespread popular discontent.

     
  • Event
    The Global Crisis: Will the Middle East and North Africa Emerge Stronger?
    Masood Ahmed, Uri Dadush, Marina Ottaway May 21, 2009 Washington, D.C.

    The Middle East and North Africa have been less affected by the global economic crisis so far, allowing Middle Eastern governments to continue delaying the deep economic and governance reforms required for long-term economic growth in the region.

     
  • Event
    Identifying Drivers of Political Reform in the GCC Countries
    November 15, 2006 NPR's Morning Edition

    Carnegies's third meeting dealing with political reform in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries featured researchers from across the region. The discussion focused on various drivers of political reform: political actors; new political institutions; economic transformation; and the impact of new ideas and debates to which the region's population is increasingly exposed through mass media.

     
  • Event
    Congressman Kolbe Speaks on Dubai Ports World
    Jim Kolbe, Sherman Katz April 3, 2006 NPR's Morning Edition

    Congressman Kolbe, chairman of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee and member of Homeland Security Subcommittee, discussed the Dubai Ports World controversy.

     
  • Event
    Political Reform in the GCC States
    Abdulaziz Sager, Marina Ottaway, Thomas Carothers September 23, 2004 Dubai

    Carnegie and the Gulf Research center co-hosted a two-day workshop held in Dubai, with experts, researchers, and political activists from the GCC states, the U.S., and Europe. The workshop focused on assessing past political reform--its causes and impacts--and the prospects for future reform in the GCC states.

     

Carnegie Experts on United Arab Emirates

  • Muhammad Faour
    Nonresident Scholar
    Middle East Center

    Faour is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center, where his research focuses on education reform in Arab countries with an emphasis on citizenship education.

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  • Marwan Muasher
    Vice President for Studies

    Muasher is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment, where he oversees the Endowment’s research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East.

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  • Frederic Wehrey
    Senior Associate
    Middle East Program

    Wehrey’s research focuses on political reform and security issues in the Arab Gulf states, Libya, and U.S. policy in the Middle East more broadly. He was previously a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation.

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