Abstract
This article examines the UAE’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the transport and logistics sector and their relationship with the state. It argues that investment in this sector has transformed the UAE into a “nexus state”, in the process diversifying the economy and enhancing the country’s relevance in the international system. As a result, this sector provides an insight into the development of unified federal foreign policy that has a reciprocal relationship with these commercial interests. This development has provided a spatial, political and commercial rationale for greater coordination at the federal level and this is expressed in the country’s foreign policy. Research for this article was partly conducted through ten interviews with government officials, company managers and diplomats in the UAE in May 2015.
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