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Blackwill to help Bush, Condoleezza Rice at White House
August 16, 2003 10:33 IST
Former ambassador to India Robert D Blackwill, who helped firm up the Indo-US relationship, has been appointed Deputy Assistant to President George W Bush and Coordinator for Strategic Planning to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.
"Ambassador Blackwill will work with government-wide policy planning operations to help develop and coordinate mid- and long-term direction of American foreign policy," a White House announcement said.
Ambassador Blackwill will join the National Security Council after having most recently served as US envoy to India since July 2001. Prior to that, he was the Belfer Lecturer in International Security at Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government, where he taught foreign and defence policy and qualitative public policy analysis.
During his 14 years at Harvard, he was associate dean of the Kennedy School and faculty chairman of the School's Executive Programme for US and Russian General Officers, of its Chinese Security Studies Programe, and of the Kennedy School's Middle East Initiative. He is the author of many books and articles on international security.