Regional influence of the United Arab Emirates in West Asia and North Africa

With the formation of the United Emirates in 1971, we are witnessing the efforts of this country to increase its regional power. In order to become a regional power, this country does not have the ability to compete with highly populated and territorially large countries, so it has tried to gain cooperation with major powers, strengthen its military power, territorial expansion and a more active presence in the West. Asia and North Africa to make up for their lack. In this article, the main question is what are the strategies of the United Arab Emirates to increase regional influence in West Asia and North Africa? And in response to the question, this hypothesis has been proposed that the United Arab Emirates is trying to increase its regional influence by building artificial islands, increasing purchases and creating military bases, conspiracy and military attack against countries.