United Arab Emirates Tension Score
building record · 49 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for United Arab Emirates, built by our own engine from 19,188 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.
Where United Arab Emirates stands
#33 of 197 countries today, #14 of 16 in Middle East (region score 78). Tension is easing this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
United Arab Emirates news pulse
60 headlines in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names United Arab Emirates, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.
What is driving United Arab Emirates’s tension score
last 30 days- 147 headlines in 30 days — 0.77% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (150).
- 40% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 35% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: none. United Arab Emirates is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
- Region: Middle East reads 78 today; it carries 15% of this score.
Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about United Arab Emirates) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.
United Arab Emirates tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 34.8 | Calm | 38 | 12 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 34.7 | Calm | 194 | 97 | 31 |
| September 2026 | 22.6 | Calm | 65 | 18 | 13 |
Record for United Arab Emirates began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the United Arab Emirates score is built
Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Middle East region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.
Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.
No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.
Questions people ask about United Arab Emirates
Is United Arab Emirates in a war right now?
Not on our roster. United Arab Emirates is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.
Is tension in United Arab Emirates rising or falling?
Easing: down 9 points in 7 days.
How does United Arab Emirates compare with the rest of Middle East?
Below its region: United Arab Emirates reads 31 against 78 for Middle East, ranking #14 of 16 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
Yemen 69 · Iran 67 · Israel 67 · Palestine 55 · Saudi Arabia 55 · Syria 48
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Middle East · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
United Arab Emirates and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamTrade hub in a tense neighbourhood. The UAE runs the region’s biggest ports and airports and sits a short drone flight from Iran. Its calm is valuable and its coverage tends to be about deals, not fighting.
Where money moves. Dubai is the clearing house for Gulf, Russian, Indian and African capital. Sanctions-evasion stories and gold flows put it in our sanctions and metals coverage more often than its size suggests.
What our engine watches in United Arab Emirates
- Gulf shipping incidents and airspace closures
- Sanctions enforcement involving Dubai-based traders
- Its role in Sudan, Yemen and the Horn of Africa
Indexes to follow: Shipping Stress · Sanctions Pressure · Gold & Silver Fear.