The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, in coordination with the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research in Abu Dhabi, escorted a delegation of students from the National Intelligence University on a study visit to the UAE in April 2013, coinciding with the Emirates Center’s 18th Annual Conference on “The Future of Warfare in the 21st Century.” The visit provided the students with an opportunity to explore the dynamics of some of the major economic, political, and social determinants of UAE culture as well as the country’s modernization and development.