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

Abstract

The UAE's relatively open borders, economy, and society have won praise from advocates of expanded freedoms in the Middle East while producing financial excesses, social ills such as prostitution and human trafficking, and relatively lax controls on sensitive technologies acquired from the West. These concerns - as well as concerns about the UAE oversight and management of a complex and technically advanced initiative such as a nuclear power program - underscored dissatisfaction among some members of Congress with a U.S.-UAE civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. The agreement was signed on May 21, 2009, and submitted to Congress that day. It entered into force on December 17, 2009. However, U.S. concerns about potential leakage of U.S. and other advanced technologies through the UAE to Iran, in particular, are far from alleviated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 07, 2010
Accession Number
ADA536047

Entities

People

  • Kenneth Katzman

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arabia
  • Department Of State
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Human Trafficking
  • International Trade
  • Law
  • Market Economy
  • Middle East
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • Personnel Management
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.