Russia and the UAE: An Outlook for Cooperation in High Technologies

... assuming that the UAE indeed replaces Russia in supplying an airlock to NASA’s lunar station, it should be recognized that this does not mean that there are no horizons for constructive cooperation between Moscow and Abu Dhabi in the field of high technologies, including in space. Nor does it mean that the UAE could somehow “steal” Russia’s competitive advantage on the global market of space services in the foreseeable future, despite Abu Dhabi’s unconditional leadership in space exploration among the LAS member ...