The UAE and Foreign Policy: Foreign Aid, Identities and Interests

ISBN-13: 9781138789098 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 182 str.

Khalid S. Almezaini

Opis

This text offers an analysis of the foreign policy and foreign aid strategies of the UAE. Exploring the cultural factors that have impacted on the foreign policy behaviour of the UAE and its foreign aid, the author argues that the country's foreign policy and foreign aid is influenced by Islamic teachings and by its Arab culture.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.