Radha Stirling comments on the escalation of belligerent behaviour of the UAE Upon her return from Washington D.C., having met with policy makers, academics, journalists and human rights organisations; Radha Stirling reflects on the current trajectory of the UAE’s relations with the international community: The killing of Jamal Khashoggi Seven months before dissident Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered, Saudi Arabia’s principle ally in the Gulf, the United Arab Emirates bru

UAE passport today is the strongest in the world, reflecting a degree of global influence linked to SWF investments, tantamount to hush money to silence critics The United Arab Emirates is reportedly now the world’s most powerful passport, according to website passportindex.org (although the UAE passport is still listed as number 21 on the more reliable Henley Index. Emiratis can gain entry to 167 countries without obtaining a prior visa; 113 countries visa-free, and another