United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The United Arab Emirates (UAE), sometimes simply called the Emirates, is a country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing sea borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north. The UAE is a federation of seven emirates (equivalent to principalities), each governed by a hereditary emir, with a single national president. The constituent emirates are Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. The capital is Abu Dhabi, which is also the state's center of political, industrial, and cultural activities. ..."
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Measures of Freedom
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World
2009: 7.54 (out of 10)
2009: 7.54 (out of 10)
United Arab Emirates | Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2012
2012: Status: Not Free, Political Rights: 6, Civil Liberties: 6
2012: Status: Not Free, Political Rights: 6, Civil Liberties: 6
Articles
Ports and Political Hypocrisy, by Xon Hostetter, 25 Feb 2006
Related Topic: Dubai
"The United Arab Emirates is not a totalitarian European country from the 1930s, nor is it a socialistic western European democracy like we see today. It is a country that is governed by extraordinarily wealthy businessmen. ... UAE is a bastion of unregulated free market activity, tax-free paychecks, and (surprise surprise!) economic expansion."
Related Topic: Dubai
"The United Arab Emirates is not a totalitarian European country from the 1930s, nor is it a socialistic western European democracy like we see today. It is a country that is governed by extraordinarily wealthy businessmen. ... UAE is a bastion of unregulated free market activity, tax-free paychecks, and (surprise surprise!) economic expansion."