The United Arab Emirates as a Case Study in Assessing Over-the-Horizon Nuclear Proliferation
Journal: Journal of advanced military studies
Year: 2022

This article uses a comprehensive examination of Emirati strategic culture and its national role conception to examine the likelihood that the United Arab Emirates would pursue the possession of a nuclear weapons program. The article concludes that the UAE is predisposed to reject the pursuit and possession of nuclear weapons due to its dominant national role as a regional and global collaborator; the high value it places in its conventional military capabilities and alliance with the United Sta