UAE

Geopolitics, Modernity and Tradition

AvWilliam Gueraiche

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William Gueraiche's work is the first scholarly study of the UAE's campaign to establish itself on the international stage and to explore the impact that its economic transformation has had on the country. Emirati society remains at core conservative and the preservation of Arab-Islamic identity remains important, yet the UAE has the highest proportion of foreigners of any country in the world. What does this mean for the identity of Emiratis living there and what are the implications for foreigners working there? The author also explores the environmental costs of the Dubai lifestyle, its 'Look East' policy and increasing volume of trade with eastern Asia, and the ways in which the UAE has sought to challenge the traditional hegemony of Saudi Arabia in the region. In a final chapter the author examines the impact of the economic depression that called the whole representation of Dubai into question.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-08-10
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781786731913
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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William Gueraiche is Associate Professor, American University in the Emirates (Dubai). He has been Associate Professor of Social Sciences, American University in Dubai (UAE), Lecturer in Geopolitics, University Marne La Vallee (Paris), and Lecturer in History at the University of the Sorbonne. His research focuses upon the UAE and Gulf societies, Middle Eastern security, and diplomacy in the Gulf.

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Introduction: Invited at the Sultan's court Part I: A state like no otherChapter 1: Branding Dubai. How Dubai became Dubai and the emirates… the EmiratesAudacity and voluntarismSuccess is not enoughBranding Abu DhabiChapter 2: The metamorphosis of a traditional societyLegitimisation by the stateThe constitution put to the testReformsChapter 3: The invention of Arab Muslim liberalismTribal capitalismLiberalism and interventionismA successful model?Part II: What place on the world map?Chapter 4: Agent of globalisationSpace(s) of globalisationWhich relations with the West?SecurityChapter 5: Persian JanusThe Tunbs and Abu MusaEconomic rapprochement or the iron law of the marketThe unexpected effects of the economic depression Chapter 6: Arab fraternitiesThe UAE, within the GCCFrom multilateralism to bilateralism?No Arab Spring in hot desertsChapter 7: Asian tropismThe 'Asianisation' of the Emirates?A new Silk Road?Capital flowsPart III: The sky is the limitChapter 8: DependenciesFrom food security policy to outsourcingWater and electricity consumption, overconsumptionEnvironmental assessments and political prospectsChapter 9: What does identity mean?The uncertain future of the Emirati populationWhat identity for which nation?Emiratisation Chapter 10: After the depressionThe 2008-9 crisis, facts and representationsThe debt of DubaiBack in businessConclusion: The UAE: A pole of stability Index