Seyed Mohammad Hossein Hosseini
Volume 7, Issue 13 , September 2018, , Pages 63-84
Abstract
In spite of being a small country on the southern border of the Persian Gulf and securing its security to trans-regional powers, the United Arab Emirates has, in recent years, been ...
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In spite of being a small country on the southern border of the Persian Gulf and securing its security to trans-regional powers, the United Arab Emirates has, in recent years, been pursuing action and increasing activity in the region. In 2011, the UAE joined the other Arab states of the Persian Gulf in suppressing the Bahrain protests, and Saudi Arabia's wars with Yemen have pushed the Emirates into further interference in the region. Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Yemen have also threatened the shipping routes used by the UAE in addition to security concerns. The research excerpt is based on the key question why the UAE played an active role in the developments in Bahrain and Yemen during 2011-2018. The research hypothesis is that the United Arab Emirates has taken an active role in dealing with the geopolitical factors as well as the religious convergence with the ruling authorities in Bahrain and the threat of Ansar al -lah's resistance forces in Yemen. To evaluate and test the hypothesis of the research and data analysis, descriptive-analytic research method has been used. The tool is a collection of library resources information (books, articles, documents and press).
