{"title":"阿拉伯联合酋长国在中东。反伊斯兰主义、军国主义和多重压力战略","authors":"J. Guirado, Ignacio Gutiérrez de Terán","doi":"10.21308/recp.56.03","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"espanolLa politica exterior de los Emiratos Arabes Unidos (EAU) ha experimentado un cambio sustancial desde el inicio de la denominada Primavera Arabe en 2011. Este articulo describe las caracteristicas y razones principales de esta transformacion, asi como las posibles consecuencias de una proyeccion militar que rebasa los limites del golfo Arabe/Persico, hasta hace poco el principal ambito de accion de la diplomacia emirati. El enfoque toma en consideracion, en primer lugar, la vinculacion tradicional de EE. UU. con EAU y el cambio de percepcion de las ultimas Administraciones estadounidenses sobre la seguridad regional en el Golfo; la consagracion del emir Mohammad ben Zayed como maximo dirigente de facto en el pais y su alianza con el principe heredero saudi, Mohammed ben Salman; el animo de neutralizar la corriente democratizadora emanada de las revoluciones arabes y, a partir de ahi, la percepcion emirati de que el islam politico, y en concreto la vertiente representada por los Hermanos Musulmanes, se estaba convirtiendo en el principal beneficiado de la erosion del regimen arabe tradicional. El articulo tambien propone que, a pesar de la convergencia con Arabia Saudi en numerosos escenarios, EAU ha mantenido una politica exterior independiente basada en sus propios intereses, lo que ha reforzado su rol como principal contendiente en Oriente Medio. 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Our framework takes into account, first of all, the traditional link between the United States and the UAE and how recent US administrations changed their perception about security in the Gulf; how Emir Mohammed bin Zayed has secured his grip over the country, and the relevance of his alliance with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; the aim of neutralizing the democratic stream that emerged from the Arab revolutions and, from there on, the Emirati perception about how political Islam and particularly the current best represented by the Muslim Brotherhood was becoming the main beneficiary of the erosion of the traditional Arab regime. 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Emiratos Emiratos Árabes Unidos en Oriente Medio. Antiislamismo, militarismo y estrategia de presión múltiple
espanolLa politica exterior de los Emiratos Arabes Unidos (EAU) ha experimentado un cambio sustancial desde el inicio de la denominada Primavera Arabe en 2011. Este articulo describe las caracteristicas y razones principales de esta transformacion, asi como las posibles consecuencias de una proyeccion militar que rebasa los limites del golfo Arabe/Persico, hasta hace poco el principal ambito de accion de la diplomacia emirati. El enfoque toma en consideracion, en primer lugar, la vinculacion tradicional de EE. UU. con EAU y el cambio de percepcion de las ultimas Administraciones estadounidenses sobre la seguridad regional en el Golfo; la consagracion del emir Mohammad ben Zayed como maximo dirigente de facto en el pais y su alianza con el principe heredero saudi, Mohammed ben Salman; el animo de neutralizar la corriente democratizadora emanada de las revoluciones arabes y, a partir de ahi, la percepcion emirati de que el islam politico, y en concreto la vertiente representada por los Hermanos Musulmanes, se estaba convirtiendo en el principal beneficiado de la erosion del regimen arabe tradicional. El articulo tambien propone que, a pesar de la convergencia con Arabia Saudi en numerosos escenarios, EAU ha mantenido una politica exterior independiente basada en sus propios intereses, lo que ha reforzado su rol como principal contendiente en Oriente Medio. EnglishThe United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) foreign policy has experienced substantial changes since the beginning of the so-called Arab Spring in 2011. This paper describes the characteristics and main reasons of this transformation, as well as the possible consequences of a visible militaristic projection that goes beyond the limits of the Gulf region, the main scenario of Emirati diplomatic action until recently. Our framework takes into account, first of all, the traditional link between the United States and the UAE and how recent US administrations changed their perception about security in the Gulf; how Emir Mohammed bin Zayed has secured his grip over the country, and the relevance of his alliance with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; the aim of neutralizing the democratic stream that emerged from the Arab revolutions and, from there on, the Emirati perception about how political Islam and particularly the current best represented by the Muslim Brotherhood was becoming the main beneficiary of the erosion of the traditional Arab regime. Moreover, this paper proposes that despite the convergence with Saudi Arabia in a number of scenarios, the UAE has kept a foreign policy based on its own interests, which strengthened its increasing role as a regional main contender in the Middle East.