The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy

Abstract

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), its leadership transition now complete, undertook its first major electoral process in December 2006, although with a small, hand-picked electorate and for a body with limited powers. The UAE's open economy and society has won praise but has contributed to proliferation, terrorist transiting, and human trafficking, particularly in the emirate of Dubai. Since March 2005, the United States and the UAE have been negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA), although talks are making only slow progress. This report will be updated. See also CRS Report RL31533, "The Persian Gulf States, Post-War Issues for U.S. Policy, 2006," by Kenneth Katzman.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA468097

Entities

People

  • Kenneth Katzman

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Radiation Missiles
  • Arabia
  • Commerce
  • Governments
  • International Trade
  • Iraqi-War
  • Law
  • Market Economy
  • Middle East
  • Military Education
  • National Politics
  • Persian Gulf
  • Terrorism
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Strategic Security Studies