ABSTRACT

This article examines the UAE-Pakistan relationship in areas related to the UAE’s role as one of Pakistan’s emerging development partners. We examine the ways in which this relationship has evolved and rather than repeating the frequently made argument that the relationship is coloured by a mix of resource imbalances and differences in perception, we argue that both states are poised to play a key role in leveraging each other’s national priorities as part of changing regional dynamics. Looking at this issue via the aid/development sphere offers a unique lens through which to view the changing national interests of both states as served by an alternate and unique model for South–South cooperation. The UAE can engage in low-cost, low-risk, high-impact development assistance as it builds towards a more resource-conscious, region-focused aid policy. And for Pakistan, despite recent differences with the GCC states (including the UAE), a bolstered development relationship with the UAE would contribute to overcoming one of the main critiques highlighted by various post-development theorists – that aid flows into South Asia, and Pakistan in particular, reinforces socio-cultural hegemony of great powers and their dominance of the development space as part of wider securitisation agendas.

摘要

本文探讨了阿联酋与巴基斯坦在与阿联酋作为巴基斯坦新兴发展伙伴之一的角色相关的领域的关系。我们研究了这种关系演变的方式，而不是重复经常提出的论点，即这种关系受到资源不平衡和感知差异的影响，我们认为两国都准备在利用彼此的资源方面发挥关键作用。国家优先事项作为不断变化的区域动态的一部分。通过援助/发展领域看待这个问题提供了一个独特的视角，通过它可以看到两国不断变化的国家利益是由另一种独特的南南合作模式所服务的。阿联酋可以参与低成本、低风险、高影响的发展援助，因为它正在朝着更加注重资源、以地区为重点的援助政策迈进。