Facets of Security in the United Arab Emirates

William Guéraiche is an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE (UOWD) and teaches International Security. He is the Director of the master’s degree programme in International Relations. His research examines the UAE's foreign policy, diplomacy and international cooperation. Kristian Alexander is a Senior Fellow at TRENDS Research & Advisory in Abu Dhabi (UAE), where he is the Director of the International Security & Terrorism Program, and an adviser at Gulf State Analytics, a geopolitical risk consultancy based on Washington, DC, USA. He previously worked as an Assistant Professor at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi. His research examines the significance of social movements in the Middle East and security-related issues, especially those pertaining to migration in the Gulf Corporation Council.

• 1 IntroductionThe UAE, At the Crossroads of Traditional and Non-traditional Security William Guéraiche Part 1: Thinking of Security Issues 2 The United Arab Emirates’ security from an International Relations perspective – An OverviewMichal Matyasik and Wojciech Michnik3 The national security machinery of government of the UAEAthol YatesPart 2: Transnational Threats 4 Environmental Change and Security Mari LuomiOrganized Crimes5 Trafficking in human beings in the UAE: addressing a transnational threatTenia Kyriazi 6 Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in the UAEKristian Alexander and Ebrahim ElHarbi7 Cyberspace, Threat Agents and Power William Guéraiche Economy and risks8 Food Security in The United Arab Emirates (UAE)Berhanu Degefa9 Risks associated with an interconnected EconomyMartin HvidtPart 3: An Enclave of Security in the Middle East The Structures of Stability 10 The UAE Armed Forces: Building Military CredibilityEmma Soubrier11 External Powers and the United Arab EmiratesLi-Chen Sim and Jonathan Fulton 12 UAE-India’s Unconventional Security Strategies N. JanardhanThe Regional Context 13 Confronting Regional Foes through the GCC: An Emirati PerspectiveJoseph A. Kéchichian14 Role of the Yemen Conflict in UAE and Regional SecuritySterling Jensen15 The Qatar Crisis: The Regionalization of Insecurity? Paola Raunio 16 Is Iran a Threat to Regional Stability?Mohamed Bin Huwaidin17 The UAE and the Horn of Africa: Strategic Depth and Security InteractionsBrendon J. CannonSection 4: Keeping the Emirates Safe Law and Order 18 Policing the Emirati Nation: The Politics of Community-BuildingEleonora Ardemagni 19 Privacy, A Security Issue Kristin Kamoy 20 Road Safety in the UAE Thomas EdelmanDemographics and Security 21 Security under Large Influx of ImmigrantsGeorge Naufal22 Demographics and Community SecurityWilliam Guéraiche 23 How to ensure UAE Health Security: Moving from ‘Fat to Fit’Immanuel Azaad Moonesar 24 The securitisation of the Covid 19 crisis in the UAEWilliam Guéraiche25 ConclusionSecurity, Peace and Tolerance in a post-modern yet traditional state William Guéraiche