New Order in the Gulf: The Rise of the UAE

For over a decade now, thinking on regional relations in the Gulf has focused on the competition for regional hegemony between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Today, this perspective is outdated. The smaller Gulf Arab states, led by the United Arab Emirates, are calling for their own goals and interests to be considered and a new regional order has emerged.

This book asesses the UAE's increasing power and the future challenges to security it poses. It is a contemporary history and analysis of the ch...