The United Arab Emirates is vulnerable to any fallout from tension over Iran's nuclear programme, which has escalated after Tehran threatened to shut the Strait of Hormuz and stop the bulk of the region's oil flows.
Any move to obstruct Hormuz could spark a wider military confrontation. The United States has said it would not tolerate the strait being blocked.
On the domestic front, the UAE has escaped the upheaval that has shaken the Arab world, but the case of five activists convicted late last year of insulting the country's rulers suggests the oil-producing state is not immune to calls for reform.
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