United Arab Emirates

UAE officials are doing their best to warn Israelis against annexation, but the medium may trump the message.

“Al Raheel,” a play written by a young Emirati woman, made its world premiere in January in Abu Dhabi. With its all-female Emirati cast, this poetic and innovative production shakes many assumptions about theater and what it means to be a young woman in today’s United Arab Emirates.

AGSIW and the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council hosted a webinar featuring Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, UAE minister of state for food security.

A year after sending an astronaut into space, the UAE is poised to be the region’s first country to explore Mars.

Abrupt and potentially lasting changes to the Gulf’s air transport sector threaten existing business models over the short and medium terms.

The coronavirus outbreak has redefined the responsibilities of citizens and the business community, impacting the already evolving rentier state structure and highlighting economic and religious challenges

The international relations of the Gulf Arab countries increasingly have been characterized by a diversification of partnerships, including in a field that has historically been deemed the preserve of the United States and European allies: arms trade, and defense and security cooperation.

Gulf governments see the sharing economy as a source of jobs for young people and promising outlet for entrepreneurs.