Between the US & BRICS: The UAE Refuses to be Made to Choose One or The Other (Mohammed Baharoon)

Episode 7 • August 03, 2026 • 00:27:15
Between the US & BRICS: The UAE Refuses to be Made to Choose One or The Other (Mohammed Baharoon)
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Between the US & BRICS: The UAE Refuses to be Made to Choose One or The Other (Mohammed Baharoon)

Aug 03 2026 | 00:27:15

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Show Notes

On this episode of New Order, we speak to Mohammed Baharoon, Director General of the Dubai Public Policy Research Center. He discusses why the UAE refuses to choose between the US and BRICS and its approach to navigating the two blocs, the US’ tariff threats and the boomerang effect if will have on the US economy, why the UAE & Saudi Arabia have been buying up US treasuries at the same rate China and India have been selling them, the UAE’s focus on building connectivity between the global south and global north, the UAE’s deals with the European Union despite its close ties with Russia, the approach of the UAE to expand bilateral relations to trilateral and quadrilateral, why cryptocurrencies will be the real threat to the US dollar, the effects of the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine on the emerging new order, and much more. 

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