His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States, assumed his Washington-based post in 2008. As ambassador, he has worked to enhance UAE-U.S. relations and improve security and economic cooperation between the two countries. Last June, at RAND's headquarters campus in Santa Monica, Al Otaiba discussed the UAE's progress as both an emerging power in the Middle East and a reliable ally of the West, and fielded wide-ranging questions on relations with Israel, the nature of Islam, and his country's role in expanding opportunity in a region of peril and promise.
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机译：阿拉伯联合酋长国驻美国大使Yousef Al Otaiba阁下于2008年就职于华盛顿。作为大使，他一直致力于增强阿联酋和美国的关系。关系和改善两国之间的安全和经济合作。去年6月，Al Otaiba在圣塔莫尼卡的RAND总部校园内讨论了阿联酋作为中东的新兴大国和西方可靠的盟友的进展，并就与以色列的关系，伊斯兰教的性质，以及他的国家在一个充满危险和希望的地区扩大机会的作用。
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