The UAE is buying the security role Washington is vacating in the Gulf. Its patronage in Libya and Sudan runs on without the diplomatic cost others would pay.

Authority

Internal command is unchallenged with the state directing external ventures freely.

Reach

Gulf security coordination and African patronage widen Abu Dhabi's footprint.

Power Profile

Grip at Home: 59 out of 100
Weight: 55 out of 100
Regard: 66 out of 100
Outward Power: 53 out of 100
Growth: 70 out of 100

Dependency Quadrant

Mixed posture: 11 dependents, 5 exposures.

11Dependents5Exposures

Top 20 Snapshots6to61

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Active Conflicts

Yemen Civil WarEscalating

Middle EastProxy War

Qatar-Gulf States RivalryConflict

Middle EastTerritorial Dispute

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Strategic Profile

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

Large Population

11M

Capital openness

Open Capital

Remittance exposure

Low Exposure

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PF Score