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Dubai’s strategic realignment and perils of modern geopolitics - Opinion | Daily Mirror

Daily Mirror LK · 🇱🇰 public Sri Lanka · · 981 words · By DM Editorial
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Reply To: Name - Reply Comment A desalination plant in Dubai For decades, Dubai has stood as the ‘Singapore of the Middle East’ - a glittering, safe harbour - carved out of the desert, through the visionary leadership of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

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Reply To: Name - Reply Comment A desalination plant in Dubai For decades, Dubai has stood as the ‘Singapore of the Middle East’ - a glittering, safe harbour - carved out of the desert, through the visionary leadership of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Why it matters

By transforming a pearl diving outpost into a global hub for finance, tourism, and logistics, the King of Dubai (as he is often colloquially termed) has brilliantly insulated his emirate from the chronic instability of the broader region.

Common ground

As Dubai moves toward a deeper, more overt alignment with United States strategic interests, it risks upending the very neutrality that fueled its rise.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “Dubai maintained cordial relations with Washington, London, Tehran, Moscow, and Beijing”
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Claim 2: “Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktou, the King of Dubai”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic: حمدان بن محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم, romanized: Ḥamdān bin Muḥammad bin Rāšid Āl Maktūm; born 14 November 1982) is an Emirati royal and politician …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic: مكتوم بن راشد آل مكتوم, romanized: Maktūm bin Rāšid Āl Maktūm; 15 August 1943 – 4 January 2006) was an Emirati royal and politician who served as the seco…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic: راشد بن محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم; 12 November 1981 – 19 September 2015) was the eldest son of United Arab Emirates Vice President and Prime Minister and…
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Claim 3: “Dubai's economy is a 'confidence economy' dependent on perceived safety”
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Claim 4: “Dubai's alignment with the US may draw it into fragile NATO alliances”
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Claim 5: “Dubai's alignment with the US risks losing its status as a non-aligned financial sanctuary”
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Claim 6: “A desalination plant in Dubai”
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Claim 7: “Dubai has stood as the ‘Singapore of the Middle East’”
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Claim 8: “Dubai decoupled its GDP from oil, focusing on DP World logistics, Emirates Airline, and real-time real estate”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dubai is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai. It is on a creek on the southeastern coast of the Persian Gulf. As of 2025, its population stands a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates is a high-income developing market economy (Open market economy), which also advocates for Islamic economics. Its economy is the 4th largest in the Middle East (after Turkey, …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates is a country at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf. The economy is the second largest in the Arab world (after Saudi Arabia), with a gross domestic…
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Claim 9: “Dubai acted as Iran’s ‘lung’ under sanctions”
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Claim 10: “Dubai sits 100 miles across the Persian Gulf from Iran”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April 2024 heavy rain severely impacted states in the Persian Gulf, causing flash flooding across the region. Several states recorded nearly a year's worth of rain in a single day. The floods had a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Persian Gulf, sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, is a mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Arabian Sea and the larger Indian Ocean located between the Arabian P…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
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Claim 11: “90% of Dubai’s population are expatriates”
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