Eye to the Horizon: The UAE’s Maritime Ambitions
The UAE is increasingly looking to the maritime domain as an area of regional and global cooperation but also as a vessel of continued power projection.
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In the Shadow of Qaboos: Contemplating Leadership Change in Oman
There is probably too much conjecture and outright guesswork about the Omani succession process and not enough about the genuine challenges that the sultanate and its people must face with Qaboos – however long he continues to govern – and ultimately under his successor.
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