In 2017, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt severed diplomatic ties with Qatar,
launching an economic blockade by land, air and sea. The self-proclaimed'Anti-Terror …

This chapter focuses on HRM in the UAE. We explicate the salient elements of the UAE's
socio-economic status and the contribution of HRM in the existing economic reforms. This …

The main issue in the presented research is the United Arab Emirates' foreign aid
commitment, the development of its brand, and its position in international relations. The …

Over the past two decades, the Gulf states have emerged as leading humanitarian actors
both regionally and globally. This paper charts the evolution of four of the six Gulf states …

In the past three decades Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Dubai have realised a meteoric economic
rise. Whereas the former two can be considered 'rentier states' heavily depending on oil …

What is the role of non-state actors in the international politics of labour migration in the Gulf
Cooperation Council countries? This paper employs a 'migration diplomacy'framework in …

For many cities, the entry of financial actors into housing opens new geopolitical relations
with overseas entities, including state‐backed investors such as sovereign wealth funds …

Confronted with serious challenges, but also blessed with remarkable assets, the United
Arab Emirates has developed a distinctive, and in some ways unprecedented, national …

Muhammad bin Salman Al-Saud and Muhammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the respective
princely strongmen of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have torn up the old rules. They have …

During the Arab Spring, Qatar tended to support the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates,
while the United Arab Emirates opposed them. This article argues that, despite these states' …