United Arab Emirates
France offers the United Arab Emirates nuclear protection
By Peter Schwarz, June 19, 2009
In a region dominated by the US for the past 50 years and where America has conducted two major wars—in Iraq and Afghanistan—France is offering nuclear protection to a country without coordinating...
France opens first permanent military base in the Persian Gulf
By Kumaran Ira, June 15, 2009
The inauguration of a French military base in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, demonstrates that French capitalism is eager to secure its interests in the Persian Gulf and has ambit...
