US air base in the UAE used for refuelling and to monitor operations in southern Iraq

Strategic studies institute in Washington; web site is searchable for defence reports on the Gulf Region, the Middle East, the UAE and other keywords

The program concentrates on understanding the processes of social and political change in the Middle East, paying particular attention to the drivers of change; hopes to establish a Program on New Approaches to Middle East Security

Has its headquarters at Bateen Air Force Base; flight training is carried out at Al Ain Air Base in the east, near the Omani border; fighter fleet is at Al Dhafra Air Force Base; another base is at Al Minhad from where helicopters operate

provides details of facilities in Al Dhafra, Fujairah, Fujairah IAP, Jebel Ali, Mina Zayed and Port Rashid

Island in the Persian Gulf claimed by both Iran and the UAE; site has a history of the island; its geography; its strategic, economic and environmental value; etc

Has a description of the dispute over the island of Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf; has importance because of potential oil reserves and strategic position in the Strait of Hormuz

Gives a brief history of the UAE's armed forces, its present constitution and strength, military expenditure etc