Dubai and other micro-states are very susceptible to demographic changes for one and that's very serious. Also a lot of rich (legit and shady) types go there fo

Dubai and other micro-states are very susceptible to demographic changes for one and that's very serious. Also a lot of rich (legit and shady) types go there followed by secret services. Dubai will take their money http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/11/kabul-bank-fraud-report http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/11/kabul-bank-fraud... so they need to provide some safety or else there goes the neighborhood. (One smart thing that have done is hire essentially Blackwater to have a heavily armed brigade ready to crush internal dissent or coup attempts.)