Surprise, surprise …

… U.A.E. Incident Raises Questions for Colleges That Open Campuses in Restrictive Countries - Global - The Chronicle of Higher Education.

"Administrators at NYU have long insisted they have agreements with authorities to honor basic academic freedoms, but an incident like this is a clear violation of those principles," Mr. Ross said in an interview with The Chronicle. "It also illustrates how fragile or illusory it is to make such claims under the circumstances."

As my foster son, Mike, used to say, "No shit, Sherlock."