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Middle East

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UAE

Abu Dhabi is playing a bigger hand abroad while Iranian missiles expose the cost of leaning into Washington.

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Reach

UAE·26

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Overall

26▼3

Abu Dhabi is absorbing direct Iranian strikes while simultaneously buying its way into Syria's reconstruction and anchoring a UAE-India-Israel-US bloc.

Authority

Strikes on Barakah and civilian targets puncture the safe-haven posture at home.

Reach

Syria capital, critical minerals positioning, and Ukraine prisoner brokerage extend the diplomatic footprint.

Dependency Quadrant·UAE

Sudan and Syria lean hardest on UAE.

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Qatar-Gulf States RivalrySimmering

Middle EastTerritorial Dispute

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Authority

Authority footing

Strong Institutions

Reach

Economic scale

$552B

Global Scale

Vulnerability

Energy position

-171%

Net exporter

Mobilization mode

Closed autocracy

Fiscal capacity

Low Capacity

-0

Government effectiveness

Effective Governance

Logistics capacity

Advanced Logistics

Trade openness

Open Trade

199%

Population base

Smaller Population

11M

Capital openness

Open Capital

Remittance exposure

Low Exposure

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Anwar Gargash

Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the United Arab Emirates

Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ)

President of the UAE

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