The UAE

Introduction: Invited at the Sultan's court Part I: A state like no otherChapter 1: Branding Dubai. How Dubai became Dubai and the emirates. the Emirates Audacity and voluntarism Success is not enough Branding Abu DhabiChapter 2: The metamorphosis of a traditional society Legitimisation by the state The constitution put to the test ReformsChapter 3: The invention of Arab Muslim liberalism Tribal capitalism Liberalism and interventionism A successful model?Part II: What place on the world map?Chapter 4: Agent of globalisation Space(s) of globalisation Which relations with the West? SecurityChapter 5: Persian Janus The Tunbs and Abu Musa Economic rapprochement or the iron law of the market The unexpected effects of the economic depression Chapter 6: Arab fraternities The UAE, within the GCC From multilateralism to bilateralism? No Arab Spring in hot desertsChapter 7: Asian tropism The 'Asianisation' of the Emirates? A new Silk Road? Capital flowsPart III: The sky is the limitChapter 8: Dependencies From food security policy to outsourcing Water and electricity consumption, overconsumption Environmental assessments and political prospectsChapter 9: What does identity mean? The uncertain future of the Emirati population What identity for which nation? Emiratisation Chapter 10: After the depression The 2008-9 crisis, facts and representations The debt of Dubai Back in businessConclusion: The UAE: A pole of stability Index

William Gueraiche 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 Vallee (Paris), and Lecturer in History at the University of the Sorbonne. His research focuses upon the UAE and Gulf societies, Middle Eastern security, and diplomacy in the Gulf.