Dubai’s strategic realignment and perils of modern geopolitics - Opinion | Daily Mirror
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“A desalination plant in Dubai”
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“Dubai has stood as the ‘Singapore of the Middle East’”
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“Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktou, the King of Dubai”
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— 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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— 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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— 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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“Dubai decoupled its GDP from oil, focusing on DP World logistics, Emirates Airline, and real-time real estate”
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— 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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— 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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— 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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“Dubai maintained cordial relations with Washington, London, Tehran, Moscow, and Beijing”
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“Dubai sits 100 miles across the Persian Gulf from Iran”
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— 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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— 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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— This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
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“Dubai acted as Iran’s ‘lung’ under sanctions”
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“90% of Dubai’s population are expatriates”
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“Dubai's economy is a 'confidence economy' dependent on perceived safety”
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“Dubai's alignment with the US risks losing its status as a non-aligned financial sanctuary”
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“Dubai's alignment with the US may draw it into fragile NATO alliances”
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