The Rise of the United Arab Emirates
In a span of less than fifty years, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has transformed itself from being a small rentier state ruled by the United Kingdom into a modern society running a highly diversified economy and a key regional power with a vast network of global friends and partners. As the country prepares to celebrate its fiftieth year of independence on December 2, 2021, the once disunited and marginal state is now recognized as a rising middle power and the second biggest Arab economy. Political analysts call a middle power a state with sufficient ability to shape regional and glo...