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The United Arab Emirates' defense, energy, technology and foreign policy and the decisions of its leadership, covering military procurement and the defense industry, energy strategy, sovereign investment and AI ambitions, key officials, and the UAE's relations with regional and global powers.
The UAE is navigating the war as the GCC's most agile but most exposed actor, having cut economic ties with Iran and moved into a pragmatic rapprochement with Saudi Arabia over Yemen.
This country hub tracks MBZ, Sheikh Mansour, whose expanding regional role is reshaping the division of labor with Sheikh Tahnoon and Crown Prince Khaled, Mohammad Al-Mazrouei and Khaldoon Al Mubarak across EDGE Group, G42, MGX, ADQ, Mubadala, ADNOC and Tawazun.
Coverage spans the Rafale F5 agreement signed with France on 20 October 2026, EDGE's term sheet with Hanwha, its DAPA maritime framework and TKMS underwater-surveillance MoU, HENSOLDT radar trials, local Guardian interceptor production, G42's move toward a 51-60% US majority in its compute business, the Country Group A:5 export upgrade, the UAE's OPEC+ exit results, ADNOC's 2027 strategy and XRG's North American investments, and Abu Dhabi's approach to the US midterms.
The benchmark intelligence resource on Abu Dhabi.
