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William Guraiche is Associate Professor, American University in the Emirates (Dubai). He has been Associate Professor of Social Sciences, American University in Dubai (UAE), Lecturer in Geopolitics, University Marne-la-Valle (Paris), and Lecturer in History at the Panthon-Sorbonne University. His research focuses upon the UAE and Gulf societies, Middle Eastern security, and diplomacy in the Gulf.

The UAE: Geopolitics, Modernity and Tradition is a welcome addition to the scarce, serious academic literature on the study of the Emirate. Insightful, analytical and revealing, it offers a thought-provoking read that will surely add to the lively discussion of GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] politics.

Kristian Alexander, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi

This book is a precious attempt to reveal the personality of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. The author's personal experience, as well as his intimacy with local culture, allows him to explain the situation of foreigners in the eyes of the local population: temporary guests, with duties and constraints, within a definite status, linked to that position. But the core of his purpose is to uncover the strategy of the rulers to carve the image of their young and affluent country on the global map. Here the author offers the reader a study based on more than a decade-long presence in the Emirates, providing insights far removed from the usual infatuation or criticism displayed by too many hurried observers in the face of the breathtaking pace of building a post-modern economy and sprawling cities in the desert.

Marc Lavergne, Head Researcher, CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research), Middle East Studies Department, University of Tours

THE UAE

Geopolitics, Modernity and Tradition

W ILLIAM G URAICHE

Published in 2017 by
I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd
London New York
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Copyright 2017 William Guraiche

The right of William Guraiche to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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International Library of Human Geography 42

ISBN: 978 1 78453 930 6

eISBN: 978 1 78672 191 4

ePDF: 978 1 78673 191 3

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CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Figures

Border disputes.

New border alignment, 2005.

UAE oil and non-oil revenues in 2012 (%).

UAE GDP by sector (non-oil) in 2012 (%).

UAE oil and gas resources.

UAE port infrastructures.

Pipeline Abu DhabiFujairah.

UAE free zones.

Free zones in Dubai.

GCC Railway project.

The Dolphin project.

UAE trade, by groups of countries, 2014 (%).

Abu Dhabi crude oil export per country, 2013 (% estimate).

Remittances of the Emirati OFWs, 19992015 ($ million).

Distribution of agricultural land in 2013 (%).

Desalination stations in the UAE.

Age pyramid of Abu Dhabi population on 31 December 2010.

Age pyramid of the Emirati population in Abu Dhabi in the mid-2010s.

Manpower in the emirate of Dubai, 200612 (in millions).

UAE remittances to Pakistan (200514) ($ millions).

Tables

Emirati military expenses 19972014, constant 2014 dollars in billions (share of the GDP, %)

Non-oil commerce between Iran and the UAE, 200414 ($ millions)

Non-oil commerce between Iran and Dubai, 20026 ($ millions)

Emirati commerce with the other GCC states, 200414 ($ billions)

Asian share of the Emirati trade (%)

Total commerce (non-hydrocarbon imports, exports and re-exports) between the UAE and its top five Asian partners, 200414 ($ millions)

Total commerce (non-hydrocarbon imports, exports and re-exports) between the Emirates and the main industrialised countries (US-EU), 200414 ($ millions)

Remittances from the UAE, 2015 ($ millions)

Value of food imports in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, 200513 ($ millions)

Comparison of the population and the food import in Abu Dhabi, 200513 (core index 2005)

Crop area, 200913 (area and value of production)

Water consumption by category of consumers, 19902010 (projection for 2025) in millions of cubic metres

Estimation of the Emirati population, 20069

UAE population in 2009

GDP in the UAE, at current prices, 200814 ((e)=estimation)

Annual remittances from the Emirates, 200011 ($ billions)

Contributions of Dubai and Abu Dhabi to the Emirati GDP, 200814 ($ billions)

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AAAID	Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development
ADFD	Abu Dhabi Fund for Development
ADIA	Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
ADMA	Abu Dhabi Marine Areas
ADNHC	Abu Dhabi National Hotels Company
ADNOC	Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
ADS	Abu Dhabi Sources
ADTA	Abu Dhabi Tourism Auhority
ADWEA	Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority
ADWEC	Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Company
AGEDI	Abu Dhabi Global Data Initiative
ASEAN	Association of South-East Asian Nations
BBC	British Broadcasting Corporation
BP	British Petroleum
bpd	barrels per day
BRIC	Brazil Russia India China
Conoco	Continental Oil and Transportation Company
DCTBP	Dubai Commerce and Tourism Promotion Board
DEL	Dolphin Energy Limited
DEWA	Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
DFM	Dubai Financial Market
DFSF	Dubai Financial Support Fund
DIAC	Dubai International Arbitration Centre
DIFC	Dubai International Financial Centre
DMC	Dubai Media City
DMCC	Dubai Multi Commodities Centre
DNATA	Dubai National Air Travel Agency
DPA	Dubai Port Authority
DPC	Dubai Petroleum Company
DPI	Dubai Port International
DTCM	Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing
DTTC	Dubai Tea Trading Centre
Dubal	Dubai Aluminium
DUSUP	Dubai Supply Authority
EAD	Environment Abu Dhabi
EC	Electoral College
ECWA

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