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The UAE and China: New ties and strategies
While the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are still staunch allies, the former has strayed from the latter to pursue its own interests, especially its fruitful cooperation with Beijing. In the multisided Yemen conflict, Abu Dhabi has begun backing separatist movements in the hope of taking over ports that could prove crucial to the Belt and Road Initiative.
The UAE balances oil riches with green energy drive
The United Arab Emirates is one of the world’s leading oil producers, and gets 100 percent of its electricity from burning natural gas. However, this fossil fuel-dependent country has big ambitions to become a champion of green energy. Though the goals look achievable, market realities mean oil is likely to ...
Why the United Arab Emirates wants to keep both Iran and the West on side
The United Arab Emirates has for decades retained a special relationship with the international oil community, and now produces more than three per cent of the world’s oil. But in April 2012, following the EU’s ban on Iranian fuel imports, UAE oil minister, Mohammed bin Dhaen al-Hamli, said it had ...
