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Articles / The National / July 5, 2009

I Don’t Want to Cause a Diplomatic Incident, But…

Members of the six UAE ruling families (who number in the thousands, many of them youngsters), members of the Federal National Council, Government ministers, ambassadors and envoys, advisers to the rulers and tribal sheikhs and their families are all entitled to a red travel booklet that carries the country’s national emblem — a UAE diplomatic passport. Read more »

Articles / MONEYworks / July 1, 2009

Maan Al Sanea: What went wrong?

Sultan comments on what should be learned from Maan Al Sanea’s story of over-leverage and frozen assets.

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Articles / The National / June 28, 2009

The Gulf Can’t Deal with Iran Until Iran Deals with Itself

Since the 1979 revolution Iran has tried its best to maintain a sense of normality. But it is a classic example of a country that has not come to terms with itself, and that poses a challenge for the Gulf countries in trying to decipher how to deal with its northern neighbor. Read more »

Articles / Emarat Alyoum / June 28, 2009

التعاطي مع بلد يجافي نفسه

منذ انطلاقها في عام 1979 بذلت الثورة الإسلامية في إيران جهدها للحفاظ على نوع من التوازن في سياساتها. ومع ذلك، بقيت تجسّد مثالاً كلاسيكياً حياً عن بلد لم يستطع التصالح مع نفسه، ما يجعلها تشكّل تحدياً كبيراً لدول الخليج الساعية إلى إيجاد الطريقة المثلى للتعامل مع جارتها الشمالية.

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Articles / Emarat Alyoum / June 21, 2009

مبعوث خليجي خاص للسلام

ما أن تقول «خطاب أوباما» حتى يعرف العالم العربي كله عما تتحدث، وإن لم تذكر المكان أو البلد الذي ألقي فيه الخطاب. فقد استمع العرب والمسلمون، المحكومون عموماً بحكام منفردين بالسلطة، إلى الرئيس الأميركي وهو يتحدث إليهم مرتين خلال فترة لا تتجاوز الستة أشهر، كانت الأولى خلال زيارته البرلمان التركي في الربيع.

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Articles / The National / June 21, 2009

Is there a doctor in the house? Answer carefully

Last year after writing We have our own heroes, we don’t need other people’s in The National I received an e-mail from a director in the Watani programme that began: “Dear Dr Sultan”. I must admit that I thought it was a nice compliment, but the thought stopped there and I promptly emailed him back, thanked him and pointed out that I do not have a PhD. Read more »

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Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi is an Emirati columnist and researcher whose articles have appeared in The Financial Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Globe and Mail, as well as other notable publications. Al Qassemi is also a prolific commentator on Arab affairs on Twitter.

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