United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective

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Introduction......Page 9
Mountain and Subsurface Geological Framework......Page 10
The Oman Mountains......Page 13
Miocene Terrestrial Sediments of Western Abu Dhabi......Page 17
Quaternary Sediments of the Emirates......Page 18
Conclusion......Page 23
Glossary of Geological Terms......Page 24
Climate and Environment......Page 28
The Arabian Bifacial Tradition (c. 5000–3100 BC)......Page 35
The Late Fourth and Early Third Millennium (c. 3100–2500 BC)......Page 37
The Mid to Late Third Millennium (c. 2500–2000 BC)......Page 39
The Early and Middle Second Millennium (c. 2000–1200 BC)......Page 44
From the Late Second to the Late First Millennium (c. 1200–300 BC)......Page 48
The Mleiha (Late Pre-Islamic A-B) Period (c. 300–0 BC)......Page 51
The Al-Dur (Late Pre-Islamic C) Period (c. 0–200 AD)......Page 54
The End of the Pre-Islamic Era (c. 240–635 AD)......Page 59
Bibliography......Page 61
The Landscape, the Environment and the Islamic Geographers......Page 70
The Eve of Islam (fourth – seventh centuries AD)......Page 74
The Advent of Islam (622–661 AD)......Page 80
The Invasion of Iran......Page 83
The Umayyad and Abbasid Periods (661–1258 AD)......Page 84
The Early Islamic Archaeology of the UAE......Page 87
The Fourteenth Century AD to the Later Islamic Period......Page 90
Bibliography......Page 95
The Tribe as Society’s Genealogical Building Block......Page 98
The Political Aspect of Tribal Cohesion......Page 99
The Population of the Trucial States......Page 100
Life in the Sandy Desert......Page 101
Life on the Coast of the Gulf......Page 105
Life in the Oases......Page 107
Life on the East Coast......Page 110
The Advantageous Combination of Resources in Ra’s al-Khaimah......Page 111
Life in the Musandam Peninsula......Page 112
The Impact of Urbanization......Page 113
The Beginning of the Post-Imperial Era for the Trucial Statesfrom World War I to the 1960s......Page 117
Introduction......Page 121
The First Proposal for Inter-emirate Cooperation......Page 122
The Trucial States Council......Page 126
The Bi-partite Union......Page 128
The Failure of the Federation of Arab Emirates......Page 130
The Federal System......Page 134
The Council of Ministers......Page 137
The Basic Features of the Federation......Page 139
The Manifestations of Unity in the Constitution......Page 140
The Jurisdiction of the Individual Emirates......Page 141
Bibliography......Page 144
The Confused Prologue to Federation......Page 145
Formation of the United Arab Emirates......Page 150
The Constitution and the Institutions of the Federal Government......Page 151
The Federation Secured......Page 153
What Lies Ahead?......Page 157
Bibliography......Page 160
Objective Conditions......Page 161
UAE Interests and Priorities......Page 162
Continuity in Style and Substance......Page 163
The Conduct and Evolution of UAE Foreign Policy......Page 166
Conclusion......Page 177
Historical Roots of the Dispute......Page 179
Basis of Iranian Claims and their Refutation......Page 184
UAE’s Rightful Title to the Islands......Page 190
Legal Characterization of the Status of the Three Islands, and the Memorandum of Understanding......Page 192
Stances of the United Arab Emirates and Iran after 1971......Page 194
Ways and Means of Settling the Dispute......Page 197
Bibliography......Page 200
Overview of the Economy......Page 202
Evolution of the Economy......Page 208
Evolution of the Consolidated Budget......Page 218
The External Sector......Page 221
Monetary and Credit Policy......Page 222
Conclusion......Page 223
Bibliography......Page 224
The Development of Abu Dhabi’s Oil Industry......Page 231
Oil Refining in Abu Dhabi......Page 234
Abu Dhabi’s Involvement in Overseas Operations......Page 236
The Oil Industry in Dubai and the Other Emirates......Page 237
Gas: The UAE’s Fuel for the Future......Page 240
Gas for Abu Dhabi’s Power and Petrochemicals......Page 242
Rising Gas Demand in Dubai......Page 243
The Dolphin Initiative – Qatar’s Gas For UAE and Oman......Page 244
UAE Oil and Gas – an Environmentally Sound Future......Page 246
UAE Oil and Gas Statistics......Page 247
Economic and Institutional Constraints......Page 249
Oil and Mineral Resources......Page 250
Population and Labour Force......Page 251
Structural Changes in the UAE’s Economy......Page 252
Structural Change in the UAE’s Employment Patterns......Page 253
Industrialization......Page 254
Educational Institutions......Page 255
Health Services......Page 256
Conclusion......Page 258
Bibliography......Page 259
Introduction......Page 260
Manufacturing Outside the Oil Sector......Page 261
Oil-Related Industries......Page 265
Industrialization in the UAE and its Resources......Page 268
Conclusion......Page 274
Bibliography......Page 275
Introduction......Page 277
Climate, Topography and Biogeography......Page 279
Important Species Assemblages......Page 283
Threats......Page 287
Institutional Framework......Page 289
Environmental Legislation......Page 294
Environmental Education and Awareness......Page 300
Conclusion......Page 301
Glossary......Page 302
Bibliography......Page 303
The Evolution of Modern Arabic Poetry......Page 305
Nabati Poetry in the UAE......Page 306
Classical Arabic Poetry in the UAE......Page 307
Bibliography......Page 311
Author Profiles......Page 312
Index......Page 316