1st Edition

The UAE and Foreign Policy Foreign Aid, Identities and Interests

By Khalid S. Almezaini Copyright 2012
200 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers a concise and detailed analysis of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign aid as a main instrument in its foreign policy. Exploring the cultural factors that have impacted on the foreign policy behaviour of the UAE and its foreign aid, the author argues that Arabism and Islamic traditions have shaped the country’s foreign policy in general and foreign aid in particular.... Read more

Introduction  1. Foreign Aid and State Behaviour in the Arab Middle East  2. The UAE's Political System and Foreign Policy  3. The UAE’s Foreign Aid Programme  4. Motives and Purposes of the UAE’s Foreign Aid  5. UAE Aid to Palestine  6. UAE Aid to Pakistan.  Conclusion

Biography

Khalid S. Almezaini is a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is co-editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Arab Studies and his research focuses on Middle East politics, foreign policy, national identities and political economy of the Middle East in general and the Gulf states in particular.