The article examines the digital transformation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) between 2023 and 2025 as a systemic vector of national modernization and foreign policy. It analyzes the institutional architecture of the digital state, including the development of the smart-state infrastructure, fintech, transport and environmental digitalization, and the UAE’s participation in global technological alliances. Special emphasis is given to digital sovereignty and multivector diplomacy in the context of global technological fragmentation. The study argues that the UAE has positioned itself as a neutral platform (“digital bridge”) between competing technological blocs, with digitalization evolving from a functional tool into a project of strategic development.
United Arab Emirates; UAE; digital transformation; digital sovereignty; smart state; financial technology; technological diplomacy; artificial intelligence; international alliances; global competition; international relations.