Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the region has been unstable. And the past decade has been a period of change and instability in the wider Middle East. But where does an emerging power like UAE fit into this?  Ayham Kamel, head of Eurasia Group's Middle East and North Africa research team,...

Firoz Tarapore is the Chief Executive of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. As chief of DEA, among the world's five biggest aircraft-leasing companies, Tarapore has seen firsthand how the aviation sector, and alongside it tourism, has evolved in the UAE over the past decade or so. He spoke to The...

Selim Edde is Google's head of public policy for the Middle East and North Africa. He shared his thoughts with The National's Chris Nelson about how far the technological sector in the UAE has come over the past decade, and how innovation will shape the next ten years in one of the most...