The UAE's presence in the Balkans: commercial interest, geopolitical calculations, or a meeting point between 'sultanism' and authoritarianism?

Prelec, Tena (2018) The UAE's presence in the Balkans: commercial interest, geopolitical calculations, or a meeting point between 'sultanism' and authoritarianism? LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (11 Jul 2018). Website.

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In recent years, the United Arab Emirates has been increasingly active as an investment partner in the Western Balkans. Tena Prelec traces the involvement of the UAE in the region, and examines how western actors have responded to its presence. Given the limited geopolitical significance of the country's involvement, there is little justification for concerns about the UAE 'taking up the space’ of the EU. But the lack of transparency in recent investments should nevertheless be a key concern for policymakers as it has the potential to undermine the conditionality of the rule-based approach explicit in the EU accession process.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2018/07/11/the-u...
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author
Divisions:	European Institute
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2018 13:39
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 17:55
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/91116

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