TY  - BOOK
AU  - ROBERTS David B.
TI  - Bucking the trend: the UAE and the development of military capabilities in the Arab world
PY  - 2020///
KW  - MILITARY AFFAIRS
KW  - NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
KW  - NATO
KW  - ECONOMICS
KW  - POLITICS
N2  - This article challenges these literatures by demonstrating that United Arab Emirates (UAE) forces have repeatedly exemplified unusual levels of military effectiveness and sophistication in hostile campaigns. Using approaches from public policy studies (the Advocacy Coalition Framework), this paper investigates how the UAE military bucked the trend. The 1990 invasion of Kuwait was a "focusing event" that prompted a rethink of existing approaches. Catalyzed, a key "policy entrepreneur," Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, changed approaches to training, unified federal militaries, and tested forces in challenging operations. Such findings undercut lingering essentialist critiques of Arab militaries, provide a potential pathway for other states to emulate, demonstrate that secure and motivated leaders can overcome coup-proofing concerns, and showcase the fruitful pollination of methodologies from public policy to security studies
UR  - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09636412.2020.1722852
ER  -