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News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
Israel’s business ties to UAE tested by Gaza war fury
...The UAE needed to keep “communication, intelligence and diplomacy” channels open and see if it “can put them to use”, said Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, an Emirati analyst....
February 7, 2024
News in-depthSudan
Risk of regional powers picking sides raises stakes in battle for Sudan
...Additional reporting by Heba Saleh in Cairo, Samer Al-Atrush in Riyadh and Simeon Kerr in Dubai...
April 19, 2023
FT Live
Africa Summit
Africa in a complex world
Tuesday, 29 OctoberLondon, UK
News in-depthUnited Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi ruler projects stability by naming eldest son as crown prince
...Sheikh Khaled bin Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan had a hectic agenda in the weeks before he was named Abu Dhabi’s new crown prince....
March 30, 2023
News in-depthFIFA Men's World Cup
Qatar World Cup provides rare source of unity to Arab states
...world-class events, compete with the best and have the best of everything — so eat your heart out neocolonialists, orientalists and western hypocrites,” Dubai-based political science professor Abdulkhaleq Abdulla...
November 28, 2022
Live news updates from May 13: Global stocks record longest weekly losing streak since 2008, Musk puts $44bn Twitter deal ‘on hold’
UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan dies
...The son of the UAE’s founding president Sheikh Zayed, Sheikh Khalifa was “known for his modest style and generous, decent nature”, said Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, a political-science professor....
May 13, 2022
News in-depthFIFA Men's World Cup
Qatar’s $200bn infrastructure and on-pitch action confound doubters
...“I was so nervous before the opening game, worried sick that anything — no matter how minimal — would be jumped on by the media,” said Abdulla al-Darwish, a Qatari working in finance....
December 18, 2022
FT Live
Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific
Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region
Thursday, 16 MayHong Kong
United Arab Emirates
UAE leader to meet Putin in Moscow
...“MBZ can talk to Putin rationally and stop the drift to a nuclear confrontation,” said Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, an Emirati commentator....
October 10, 2022
United Arab Emirates
UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan dies
...The son of the UAE’s founding president Sheikh Zayed, Sheikh Khalifa was “known for his modest style and generous, decent nature”, said Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, a political-science professor....
May 13, 2022
Dubai
Dubai ruler steps in over retail empire’s inheritance dispute
...Abdulla’s Al Futtaim Group remains a leading diversified conglomerate. Majid used the large cash settlement to finance the growth of MAF into today’s retail behemoth....
February 13, 2022
United Arab Emirates
UAE energy minister signals commitment to Opec+
...However, Otaiba has to do his job to keep the Americans happy,” said Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, an Emirati political science professor....
March 10, 2022
JD Sports Fashion PLC
JD Sports’s choice of CEO signals a clear break with the recent past
...He comes to JD after three years at Abdulla Al-Futtaim’s eponymous conglomerate in Dubai, which holds franchise rights for brands such as Ikea and Marks and Spencer across the Middle East and parts of Asia...
August 5, 2022
News in-depthWar in Ukraine
Gulf states’ neutrality on Ukraine reflects deeper Russian ties
...The United Arab Emirates had taken a temporary seat on the council this year and US secretary of state Antony Blinken called his Emirati counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, to reiterate the...
February 28, 2022
News in-depthUnited Arab Emirates
Succession dramas add impetus to UAE’s draft family business law
...Such was the importance of Al-Futtaim to the Gulf state, Dubai’s then crown prince stepped in, mediating Abdulla al-Futtaim’s buyout of his cousin Majid’s stake....
March 1, 2022
Middle Eastern economy
UAE eyes ‘new paradigm’ for region with Israel trade deal
...The pact “with Israel will create a new paradigm for the region,” said Abdulla bin Touq, the UAE’s economy minister....
May 31, 2022
The Big Read
The new oil war: Opec moves against the US
...“At this moment everybody needs Gulf oil, everybody needs Saudi Arabia and the UAE onboard,” says Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, an Emirati professor of politics....
October 7, 2022
FT Live
Innovative Lawyers Summit
Guiding business in a new global age
Wednesday, 11 SeptemberLondon, UK
Turkish politics
Turkey buoyed by first visit from UAE ruler in a decade
...ADQ chief executive Mohammed Hassan al-Suwaidi told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency that the UAE had set aside a $10bn fund for Turkey....
November 24, 2021
News in-depthMiddle Eastern politics & society
Houthi attack tests UAE effort to ease tensions with Iran
...But the rebel group followed the attack by releasing a propaganda video in which their leader, Abdulmalik al-Houthi, warned foreign investors not to consider the UAE “a safe country”....
January 19, 2022
News in-depthMiddle Eastern politics & society
Bankrupt Lebanon left to rue criticism of Saudi Arabia
...For the insulted Gulf, “this is an absolute, irreversible rupture”, said Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, an Emirati professor of political science....
November 7, 2021
Middle Eastern politics & society
Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers join regional summit in Iraq
...French president Emmanuel Macron, who backed Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s efforts to host the conference, was also present....
August 28, 2021
Tunisia
Tunisia thrown into turmoil as president sacks prime minister
...Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, an Emirati analyst, said: “The UAE has no ties to this intifada. It has been building up for the last four or five years.”...
July 26, 2021
The Big Read
‘More of China, less of America’: how superpower fight is squeezing the Gulf
...“There’s a trust deficit with America which is growing by the day,” says Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, an Emirati professor of politics....
September 20, 2021
News in-depthOpec
Opec impasse sees UAE ‘flexing its muscles’ against Saudi Arabia
...“The UAE has sacrificed the most,” Suhail Al Mazrouei, the UAE’s energy minister, told CNBC on Sunday....
July 4, 2021
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia and allies to restore ties with Qatar
...Al Jazeera has been critical of Saudi Arabia and UAE attempts to undermine democratic forces in the Arab world....
January 5, 2021
Middle Eastern politics & society
UAE reduces contact with Israel in election row
...Sultan Al Jaber, UAE minister of industry and advanced technology, downplayed a $10bn investment package, saying it was “not politically associated”....
March 18, 2021
News in-depthThe Big Read
UAE vs Turkey: regional rivalries pit MBZ against Erdogan
...The dynamics dramatically shifted when Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seized power in a 2013 coup....
October 26, 2020

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