The world is on the cusp of a global turn. Between 1500 and 1800, the West sprinted ahead
of other centers of power in Asia and the Middle East. Europe and the United States have …

In 2006 Abu Dhabi launched an ambitious project to construct the world's first zero-carbon
city: Masdar City. In Spaceship in the Desert Gökçe Günel examines the development and …

Led by Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE has become deeply embedded in the contemporary
system of international power, politics, and policy-making. Only an independent state since …

The Gulf countries are largely dependent on exporting oil and natural gas for their national
budgets. They mainly use domestic fossil fuels for their domestic energy supply. In spite of …

Circuits of Visibility explores transnational media environments as pathways to understand
the gendered constructions and contradictions that underwrite globalization. Tracking the …

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' …

The literature examining national militaries in the Arab world paints a near-universally bleak
picture of their capabilities. Some argue issues rooted in “Arab culture”—so-called …

The population of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) rose from 1.6 million in 1990 to 8.2 million
in 2010, mainly as a result of immigration, and foreigners now constitute about 88 per cent of …

In recent years, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has increased its engagement on the
international stage. One area where it has been increasingly active is the Western Balkans …

Abdulrahman Munif, well known Saudi writer, in The Trench, the second volume of his epic
pentology 'Cities of Salt', describes the transformations which have occurred in the fictional …