The Military Alliance of The United Arab Emirates: Threats and ‎Opportunities

  • Authors

    • Rashed Ahmed Rashed Abdulla Alhmoudi Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government, University Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
    • Mohd Dino Khairri Shariffuddin School of International Studies, University Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
    https://doi.org/10.14419/41emjx73

    Received date: November 21, 2025

    Accepted date: December 18, 2025

    Published date: December 22, 2025

  • Military Alliance; Strategic Alliance; Governance; Strength of Alliance; Threats to Alliance; Economic Stability

  • Abstract

    The objective of the study was to analyze the current state of military alliances of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). For the said purpose, ‎military alliance including alliance in terms of governance, economics, political stability, and regional stability of UAE has been analyzed. ‎Additionally, the types of military alliances being made by the country are evaluated followed by the threats mainly internal and external to ‎the military alliance are analyzed. Afterwards, the role of strength of strategic alliance for getting maximum benefits from the military alliance ‎have been evaluated. Finally, the two theories, balance of threat to cater internal and external threats and theory of alliance formation and ‎cohesion to cater strength of alliance have been analyzed to develop a final framework for the study. Finally, the qualitative methodology has ‎been proposed with convenience and snowball sampling. The conclusions highlighted the need for empirical testing of the framework ‎qualitative data.

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    Alhmoudi , R. A. R. A. ., & Shariffuddin , M. D. K. . (2025). The Military Alliance of The United Arab Emirates: Threats and ‎Opportunities. International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies, 12(8), 780-788. https://doi.org/10.14419/41emjx73