A rising power barely 50 years old, the United Arab Emirates is playing an increasingly strategic role in a rapidly changing Middle East where geopolitical and oil issues – particularly in the light of the war in Ukraine – continue. to arouse the interest of the great powers. International mail looks back on the astonishing rise of the petromonarchy in a series of six episodes, here is the fifth.
Nicknamed the “little Sparta” by former secretary [à la Défense] American James Mattis because of their military capabilities inversely proportional to their size, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are regularly presented as the first partners of the United States in the Middle East, an essential ally in the fight against Iranian influence, the terrorism and instability in the region.
Recently, the country has also been considered an essential cog in the American strategy of “delegating” its regional missions to the Middle East to better focus
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Founded in 1970 with the aim of “to stimulate debate on the essential questions of American foreign policy”, Foreign Policy was for a long time an academic journal before becoming a bimonthly in 2000. Its ambition today: to be the first “magazine on politics, economics and international ideas”. Led since November 2020 by Ravi Agrawal, the title belongs to the Graham Holdings Company which also owns the site Slate. Foreign Policy launched several foreign editions in the early 2000s, in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America and in 2009 completely transformed its website. ForeignPolicy.com aims to be the first online daily dealing with foreign policy and national security issues. In addition to investigations and journalistic reports, there are numerous contributions from experts in international relations, with a wide variety of political orientations.
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