At the start of another annual cycle of time, hope and optimism are often most needed. This applies to people as much as to nations. It is fitting then to take stock of what the next 12 months might hold – for the world, the region and specifically for the UAE.
The significance of the UAE’s growing stature is especially notable in a turbulent Middle East with misery raining down on Gaza every day, and in a year packed with general elections in at least 50 countries – including the more agenda-setting ones such as the US elections in November.
In this context of geopolitical upheaval, one…