Hard choices: the United Arab Emirates' development from obscurity to prominence

In: Orient: deutsche Zeitschrift für Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur des Orients, Band 52, Heft 1, S. 43-50

Abstract

"From the inception of the federation, the leadership of this country has had more than a fair share of challenges, both external and domestic. With hindsight, certain moments in the history of the UAE can be identified, when a hard choice was made and the decision had far-reaching, maybe even completely unintended consequences. The object of this paper is to pick out some of these decisive moments and discuss the reasons for and the consequences of these choices." (author's abstract)