Make It in the Emirates: From Ambition to Necessity
The Iran conflict did not change the UAE’s industrial strategy. It accelerated the shift, raised the stakes, and turned industrial capacity into a national security imperative.

The Iran conflict did not change the UAE’s industrial strategy. It accelerated the shift, raised the stakes, and turned industrial capacity into a national security imperative.

The Iran war exposed the limits of Gulf consensus and accelerated Abu Dhabi’s shift from a successful Gulf capital to an independent regional power.