UAE and Unconventional Fossil Fuels

Most recently, under the patronage of His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and President of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), the ECSSR organized its 19th Annual Energy Conference under the title ‘Unconventional Fossil Fuels: The…

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Saudi Arabia’s Socio-Economic, Geo-Political and Geo-Strategic Milestones

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim country exists in the G-20. It is also the fourth ideal destination for the foreigner expats. It is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Middle East North Africa (MENA) number one economy and Foreign Direct Investment destination. Despite regional socio-economic meltdown, deteriorating law and order situation…

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UAE an Ideal country for World EXPO 2020

Final countdown begins. The country to host World Expo 2020 will be decided in November 2013. All the four candidate cities i.e. Dubai (UAE), São Paulo (Brazil), Yekaterinburg (Russia) and Izmir (Turkey) have already submitted their final presentations/proposals to Bureau International des Expositions (BIE). Thailand has been disqualified by the BIE. The UAE’s strategic position…

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Kashmir Flash in Norway

Kashmir issue is on the agenda of the UN. Entire world, including India, acknowledges it as a dispute. However, Kashmir cause has not been able to attract required level of continuous sympathy at the international level. Nevertheless, there have all along been sporadic breezes of freshness through isolated efforts of Kashmiri and Pakistani diaspora. One…

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Saudi Arabia’s Counter Terrorism Strategy

Terrorism is not a new phenomenon. It has had been terrifying the state and people alike around the world in the past. Vested socio-economic, geo-political and geo-strategic conflicting interests have been the main reasons of this menace. It has been projected as struggle between the virtue and vice. It has been persisted battlefield between dragons…

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Pakistan’s Regional Pivot

High profile inaugural ceremony of Iran-Pakistan (IP) pipeline on March 11, 2013, marked a watershed in the foreign policy of Pakistan. There was an interesting altercation during the weekly briefing at Pakistan’s foreign office, preceding the ceremony: Emerging regional pivot in our foreign policy is in our national interest; it is indeed reflective of public…

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