The UAE sees itself first and foremost as a valuable economic connector, bridging the BRICS+ and the West. Its bet is that that great powers, even amid rising tensions, need a safe haven to do business with one another
The UAE’s expanding role in Africa’s energy spaces could present a challenge to Europe’s energy security and decarbonisation ambitions – but opportunities for cooperation also exist that could accelerate the global energy transition
As COP28 approaches, the dispute over the phase-out of fossil fuels threatens to once again torpedo progress at the climate conference. Europeans have a chance to break this impasse and achieve meaningful progress by engaging with major fossil fuel producing countries like the Gulf monarchies
Governments across the world have powerful digital tools to control and repress their populations. The EU should treat this as an urgent security and political concern.
Instead of using the UAE to push back against Turkey or vice versa, Europe should develop its own strategy on their rivalry
Putin has invested time and resources in preserving his relations with both Saudi Arabia and the UAE and, of course, the respective leaders
The European Union and France should not abandon negotiations with the Emirates on the progressive reduction of fossil fuels
Two of the three agreements […] are remarkable in their language, because they deliberately include Israeli settlements
Hugh Lovatt on the implications of the normalisation agreements signed between Israel and the United Arab Emirates
Recent evolutions in the international framework have created a suitable opening for a renewed strategic partnership between the two countries
Lorena Stella Martini comments on the relevance of Italian PM Meloni’s recent visit to the UAE for the future of the strategic partnership between Rome and Abu Dhabi
Behindthe UAE’s success in developing a global-scale food production and distribution capacity is the country’s National Food Strategy 2051,
Michael Tanchum argues that the UAE’s food-security plans have made it a global market player
