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The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy   
    
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Congressional Research Service-CRS - 30 May, 2012

The UAE's relatively open borders and economy have won praise from advocates of expanded freedoms in the Middle East while producing financial excesses, social ills such as human trafficking, and relatively lax controls on sensitive technologies acquired from the West. Moreover, the social and economic freedoms have not translated into significant political opening; the UAE government remains under the control of a small circle of leaders, even as it allows informal citizen participation and traditional consensus-building. Members of the elite (the ruling families of the seven emirates and clans allied with them) also routinely obtain favored treatment in court cases and lucrative business opportunities. However, economic wealth— coupled with some government moves against political activists—have enabled the UAE to avoid widescale popular unrest that have erupted elsewhere in the Middle East since early 2011.
 
US Goals and Strategies toward the Arab World
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Date : 2013-05-16
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US-Iranian competition: The Gulf military balance - II
Source : Center for Strategic and International Studies  
Date : 2013-04-23
No single aspect of US and Iranian military competition is potentially more dangerous than the missile and nuclear dimensions, and the possibility Iran will deploy long-range, nuclear-armed missiles....
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Date : 2013-04-12
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Thinking the Unthinkable: The Gulf States and the Prospect of a Nuclear Iran
Source : The Brookings Institution  
Date : 2013-03-05
The issue of Iran has become a central preoccupation for the international community in recent months, thanks to the intersection of the historic changes in the region, an American presidential...
The Syrian civil war: between escalation and intervention
Source : Center for Security Studies  
Date : 2013-02-14
The chances of a negotiated solution for the civil war in Syria are smaller than ever. A further escalation of violence is to be expected, though not all scenarios suggest...
Moving to decision US policy toward Iran
Source : The Washington Institute for Near East Policy  
Date : 2013-02-14
Job one on the international front for the second-term Obama administration is undoubtedly Iran. The threat of Iran going nuclear within eighteen months—combined with a firm U.S. (and Israeli) policy...
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Source : The Foreign Policy Center  
Date : 2013-01-17
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Source : Chatham House  
Date : 2013-01-17
After a decade of cooperation and closeness with Syria, Turkey’s policy has changed radically as a result of the 2011–12 crisis in Syria. It is now openly calling for the...
Repercussions of the Arab Spring on GCC States
Source : Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies  
Date : 2012-12-17
Regardless of the final outcome of the Arab Spring, it is beyond doubt that the Arab Homeland is undergoing an exceptional revolutionary moment and has witnessed a formative year, which...
Weighing Benefits and Costs of International Sanctions Against Iran
Source : Baker Institute of Public Policy  
Date : 2012-12-17
The United States and the international community have used sanctions for nearly three decades to pressure Iran to adopt different foreign and domestic policies....
Can Lebanon Survive the Syrian Crisis?
Source : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace  
Date : 2012-12-12
Of all the countries neighboring Syria, Lebanon is the most vulnerable to spillover from the Syrian conflict. The state is weak, sectarian tensions are high, and the main political coalitions...
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