What Price Xenophobia?

Here's a very interesting article about the Dubai Ports deal. It talks about the culture of Dubai, why we consider them an ally, and what the real motivations are of those who oppose the deal...

Like other great cities of trade and intrigue, from Istanbul and Beirut to Singapore and Hong Kong, Dubai has also been extremely useful to intelligence services that want to keep an eye on the people moving through it. Various U.S. government agencies have exploited Dubai as a window into the Iran of the ayatollahs, the warlords’ Afghanistan, the lawless wilds of East Africa. And in the fight against Al Qaeda, Dubai’s cooperation has been quiet but considerable.

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