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2026-05-0711 min read

mena 2026: ten themes for the second half

What we are watching in the Middle East and North Africa for the remainder of the year, with notes on second-order effects for sovereign and infrastructure clients

By UG UAE
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Methods note
2026-05-068 min read

on the irreversibility of decisions

Every fragile engagement has a last reversible point. Naming it, and timestamping it, is the analytic act that distinguishes counsel from commentary.

UG UAE
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Methods note
2026-04-226 min read

the four-tier vetting standard

How UG screens its operators, analysts, and engineers, and why the screening is the engagement

UG UAE
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Sector brief
2026-04-085 min read

counter-uas in port operations: lessons from three engagements

Anonymized observations from three port-operator engagements where counter-UAS layered alongside existing perimeter defense

UG UAE
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Point of view
2026-03-185 min read

on neutrality

Why UG UAE governs itself by a categorical exclusion list, and why that list is the instrument that disciplines what the firm will and will not do

UG UAE
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