The Strategic Role of UAE Space Agency in Promoting National Security

Question: Discuss about the Strategic Role of UAE Space Agency in Promoting National Security - An Insight to The Future. Answer: Overview The United Arab Space Agency was established in the year 2014 under the supervision and funding of UAE government. The main purpose of the agency is to provide the world class sustainable development and work in collaboration with various types of research and development agency. The strategic goal of the agency is to develop the world class space development program that can help in the purpose of promoting the scientific research work (Marpu 2017). One of the major part of the strategic program is the development of the space program is the development of the national security protocol by the UAE armed force. This is achieved by the mode of better level of communication using the different forms of satellite. The space program is also planning to implement the strategic command program for the control of the satellites that will help in the purpose of the better level of communication. The access of the space program is highly essential for the development of the national security as it can help in the process of tracking about all types of external threats that can come from illegal activities or terrorism from other nations. The space agency also plays significant role in the part of the predicting the weather and all types of natural disasters. In the given context, the current research work will aim to highlight upon the strategic role that is played by the UAE space agency in dealing and promoting with the matters related to that of national security. The main area of the research will highlight the future role and strategy of the space agency that will be implicated to advance the level of national security. Research Questions Following are the key research questions To explore the role of space agency in dealing with the matters related with that of national security. To explore the role of space agency in development of future strategies related with that of national security of UAE. To explore the role of partnership of the UAE space agency in the matters related with that of the national security. The objectives that can be drawn from the research questions are as follows: Critical examination of the strategy that are developed by the UAE space agency that help to promote the national security. Determination of the future strategies that are developed by the UAE space agency in the matters of future of the national security. Examination of the role of partnership by the UAE space agency for the development of the national security. Relevant Literature Strategy Management for Internal Security Thestrategic management is related with the path that are being followed within an organization or achieve the organizational goals. According to Alnaser et al. (2017), every strategy that are implemented need to carefully analyze the external environment to ensure maximum benefit can be achieved. It is also essential for the organization to properly develop the framework of the strategy that will help them to develop a proper path for the process of implementation. As mentioned by Jang, (2016), one of the main characteristics of an effective strategy related to that of the internal security is to collect relevant data and analyze the external threats. Themanagement and governance is the primary components of the strategic framework that helps to deal with matters of security. This is needed to deal with most of the internal and external forms of risks. It is also essential to make use of the risks assessment tools that will depend upon the nature of the external threats and risks that are involved within the position. As it is possible to deal with the major components of the threats and identify the same, in the following steps, it is essential to implement standard policy. This will aim to deal with the neutralize all forms of threats by following the security protocols. The policies will also help in the purpose of the dealing with the information and the procedures that are to be followed for getting the proper information. It is also essential to socialize the procedures that are related with that of the security protocols (Meraj et al. 2016). The development of the compliance is also one of the major components of the strategy framework. The goal of this procedure is to develop the cultural awareness within an organization or agency that can help to define all types of policies that are previously implicated. The security awareness program is also another major component of that is needed to justify all forms of policy that are previously implicated. The security assurance is the following steps for the strategy development program that is needed to provide a better forms of road maps within the organization. It is also important to deal with risk exposure and all types of environmental changes that has the potential to identify all forms of threats. It is also essential to deal with all types of threats that is evident for the future. In the following step, it is necessary to review all types of incidents that has the potential to compromise upon the internal security of a nation. These may include review of the terroris m and other forms of violent activities. It is also important to generate some rapid response activities in the context of the situation analysis. The basis of quick response can also be generated from all types of actions that has the potential to deal with major activities related with security threats. The importance of the performance metric is the final components of the strategic plan. This is also important to monitor the effectiveness of the theories that are being implemented as a part of the security measures (Al-Khouri et al. 2014). UAE Space Agency One of the major intention of the space program that has been initiated by the government agency in UAE is to establish their power within the world forums. The major part of the project was launched in July 2014 with the public announcement of the Hope Mars Mission (Benmamoun et al. 2016). This makes UAE the only nation in the Arabian region, who has been able to establish a space agency in the international forum. The geographical location of the nation is also ideally suited for the future prospect of the space program. The location in the southeastern edge of the Persian Gulf will help to deal with all major types of launch programs that are associated with that of the satellites. There are also the expansive deserts and several miles of coast lines that provide with the opportunity of safe rocket launch. There is also the advantage of the position near the equators that help in them to easily position the satellites in accordance with the spin of the Earth. This means that there is less requirement of the upper push that is needed in case of the rocket launch. This will help in the matters of less fuel expense (Young 2017). The financing of the space program is done from the government and private agencies, who has provided near about $5.2 billion (Al-Khouri et al. 2014). The chairperson of Al Masakari Holding, Sheikha Al Maskari is able to provide encouragement to the work of the space agency. She is able to make use of her communication skills in the department of marketing and is able to use the opportunity to deal with the space program. By the year 2020, the agency is planning to send human pilot within the space development program. The main of the program is develop sustainability within the space program that is needed to send men in the space program. By the end quarter of 2018 the government is planning to initiate the space development program by giving training to the astronauts. This will then help the space program to decide for the candidates for sending within the outer space. The agency will also set up partnership with the Russian International Space Station (Leloglu and Kocaoglan 2008 ). Promotion of National Security Currently the internal security of UAE is facing huge challenges due to the increased threats of terrorism. From the very origin of the nation the small sized population of the region seems to be one of the biggest challenges for the government. The increased number of cases of the mining activities also seems to be major cause of concerns for the security within the nations (Jang 2016). The planning for the security seems to be one of the major challenges that was achieved by nurturing of the military alliances within the section of the Gulf Cooperation Alliance. There are also has been increased number of threats due the civil war in the neighboring nation of Syria. There is also high level of threats from the Islamic State terrorist activities in the nation of Iran. Meraj et al. (2016), have mentioned about the fact the space sector activity of UAE has been developed with the growing demand of the security issues. The policy within the space program is to develop the economy of the nation and also to bring about diversification in the security programs that will help to deal with all types of threats from the external sources. The security policy will combine with that of the space development program that will be the major support for all types of industries with the economy of UAE (Al-Bolushi 2016). This will help in the path of sustainable development. The space program is also believed to introduce the technological elements within the matters of security. The military group can also get the help the proper instructions that is needed to deal with the national security. It is important for the space agency to implement the policy for the security with the help of proper strategy (Murphy 2006). Methodology This section of the proposal will provide the details about the methods and research design that will be used by the investigator Research Philosophy This is the form of believe that is followed in the matters of collecting data and analyzing the same for making the result of the research. There is the positivism form of research philosophy, where the reality is believed to be stable in the forms of dealing with the matter related with that of the research subject. For the research work of identifying the strategic role of UAE Space Agency in Promoting National Security, it will be effective to use the interpretivism research philosophy. This will help the researchers to make various types of interpretation that is related with that of the subject of the research (Flick 2015). Research Design There are three types of research designs that can be used by the researchers to deal with relevant matters. In case of descriptive research design, the investigators will make use of the detailed data that are available for the research work (Vaioleti 2016). While in case of the exploratory research design, the investigators will deploy the previously used research articles and information for the current work of investigation. This will be used in the current research work to make interpretation about the future security strategies that will be implicated by the UAE government in assistance with that of the space agency program. There is also the descriptive type of research design that will be used by the current investigators. This will help in the matters related to collecting important information about the security protocols. Data Collection Methods There are two types of Data Collection method that are primarily used in all research works. In primary mode of Data Collection the investigators collect the information directly from the sample size in the form of interview or survey. With the help of primary data it is possible to get the latest possible information about the research subject. On the other hand, in case of secondary data information are collected from secondary sources which includes previous investigation work of the same subject (Panneerselvam 2014). For the given research work, for investigating the purpose of space agency program in national security of UAE, both primary and secondary form of data will be used. The primary data will be collected from the interview of the government officials of UAE. Sampling size There are two types of sampling methods that are deployed in a research work. In random or probability sampling method, the researchers select the sample size on random basis. While in case of non-probability sampling, the size of the sample is predetermined. In this case, the researchers focus only upon the predetermined sample size and collect relevant information (Tarone et al. 2013). For the given research work, the researchers will have Predetermined sample size, where interview will be conducted upon 10 government officials of the UAE space agency. Research Strategy The strategy of the research is the methodology and Framework that are being followed by the investigators in order to identify the issue within the research topic. The strategy of the research helps to address the Research question in a systematic way. The current research work will aim to implement effective research strategy, which will be in a form of quantitative and qualitative data analysis. This will help the investigators to highlight upon all the background information related to the space program and national security of UAE. This will also help to ensure that all the statistical information are properly valuated before making proper conclusion. Expected Outcomes The major benefit of the research work will be upon the fact that it will be able to highlight importance of internal security protocols that will be implemented by the UAE government. It will also help to highlight upon the importance of space program that are initiated by the UAE government. There also has been major concern about the huge expenditure that are spent by the UAE government on the space program. As the current research work will be able to highlight upon the importance of internal security and use of Technology using the latest form of Satellite program, it will be possible for the general public to understand the importance of the same. This will also help in the purpose of raising funds for the space programme initiated by the UAE government. As the investigators will analyse the background information of the space program, it will also be possible to evaluate the success of the program in terms of improving the level of internal security. It will also be there for possible to highlight up on all forms of threads that are encountered by UAE from external sources. Timescale The total time for the research is of 36 months Research Stages Month 1-4 Month 5-10 Month 11-15 Month 16-22 Month 23-30 Month 31-33 Month 34-36 Research Topic Selection Data collection from secondary sources Creating Framework Literature review Panning of the research method Selection of the Appropriate Research Strategies Primary data collection from sources Analysis Interpretation of Collected data Findings of the Data Conclusion of the Study Formation of Draft Submission of Final Work Gnatt Chart (Timeline) References Al-Bolushi, M., 2016. The effect of Omani-Iranian relations on the security of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries after the Arab Spring. Contemporary Arab Affairs, 9(3), pp.383-399. Al-Khouri, A.M., Farmer, M. and Qadri, J., 2014. 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