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Radha Stirling

Mar 14, 2023, 3:26 PM

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Iran-Saudi Arabia deal a dangerous sign of Western retreat

Visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, February 14, 2023. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP)

The China-brokered rapprochement bolsters a growing global authoritarian nexus that opposes democracy and human rights

Nov 23, 2022, 3:34 PM

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Sportswashing

Saudi Arabia's goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais, left, dives to make a save during the World Cup group C soccer match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, November 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

When Qatar insisted on hosting the World Cup, people's love of soccer again surpassed their disapproval of dictators, corruption, and human rights abuses

Mar 25, 2022, 1:05 PM

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As oligarchs’ capital flows into UAE, human rights circle the drain

Illustrative: Two super-yachts against the backdrop of Dubai's modern towers. (iStock / lincolnone)

With sanctions spurring an influx of Russian capital, Dubai’s economic power has grown and the country has behaved less and less like a Western ally

Mar 14, 2022, 5:08 PM

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Much of the world is ambivalent about the Ukraine war. Rightly so.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan attend the official welcome ceremony in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

There is a distinct sentiment across Asia, Africa and the Arab world that Europe is throwing itself into a disaster and that the international order itself is crumbling

Jan 6, 2021, 2:13 PM

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Investor beware: Israelis face unique risks in the UAE

The rules are rigged – what's earned in the UAE is likely to stay in the UAE – and the more successful you are, the higher the risk

About Me

Radha Stirling founded Detained in Dubai and Due Process International in 2008 and has since helped and advised more than 15,000 foreign nationals facing trouble in the UAE. Stirling is an expert witness, civil and criminal justice specialist, legislative, investment risk, business and policy advisor to the public and private sectors, speaker and host of the Gulf in Justice Podcast, covering regional issues in depth.