Bi-Weekly Geopolitical Report – United Arab Emirates: An Overview (March 10, 2025)
by Daniel Ortwerth, CFA | PDF
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been steadily gaining prominence not only in the Middle East, but throughout the world. With a growing role in finance and banking and as an investment destination, it is increasingly becoming known as the “Switzerland of the Middle East.” Our recent report on the stock markets of the Middle East revealed the growth of the UAE’s markets this century as well as encouraging factors that indicate the potential sustainability of the trend. This discovery prompted us to take a closer look at the UAE to better understand today’s investment possibilities and those that might emerge in the future.
This report begins with a brief panorama of the country — its geography, its history, and its people. It continues with a synopsis of its political structure and economy, using this as a context to better understand how its investment markets have developed along promising lines. As always, we finish with investment implications.