ENHG Lecture Sept 17th: The history of the Emirate’s military and police forces 1951-1980" by Dr Athol Yates

Welcome back ENHGers ! We hope everyone had a wonderful summer! Join us for next week's lecture, open to all and free. 

DATE & TIME: Tuesday September 17th, 7pm (membership sign up), 7:30 pm lecture begins 

VENUE: Emerald A Meeting Room . This talk is generously hosted and supported by  Saadiyat Rotana Resort

ABOUT THE TALK: Athol Yates will talk on his new book - The Military and Police Forces of the Gulf States Volume 1: Trucial States and United Arab Emirates, 1951-1980. The United Arab Emirates today is one of the safest countries in the world, and it is acknowledged as a leading Arab military force with considerable recent combat experience. These are amazing achievements given that the Emirates’ first military and police forces were established only in 1951 and 1956 respectively. These forces were established when the Emirates were known as the Trucial States, during which time they were British protected states. In 1971, Britain withdrew its protection and the seven Trucial States’ Emirates federated to form the UAE. Before 1971, three Emirates had formed militaries while the British controlled another. After federation, two more Emirates formed militaries with the former British-controlled military becoming the first federally-controlled force. The six militaries were unified in 1976 to create the UAE Armed Forces. The country’s history of police force dates to the 1950s when Dubai and Abu Dhabi established them. All the other Emirates established them by the late 1960s. During the 1970s, the police forces of the individual Emirates were increasingly federalised under the newly-established Ministry of Interior, although to a lesser degree than the militaries. ABOUT THE

SPEAKER: Dr Athol Yates teaches at the Institute for International and Civil Security, Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, which offers a Masters Degree for Emirati security professionals. He teaches civil security, covering professional security practice, internal security and disaster management. His current research is on the security services of the UAE and former Trucial States.