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DESCRIPTION:The India Model: The\nBeneficial Rise of an Economic Power The 
 market dynamics and thriving\ndemocratic institutions in India have genera
 ted an economic model of a global\npower that other developing countries\,
  such as Bangladesh and Pakistan\, can\nemulate. While the South and Centr
 al Asia region lacks integration\, the large\nmarkets and complementary re
 sources have the potential to grow rapidly. Mr.\nBlake was appointed Assis
 tant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs in\nMay 2009. As Assist
 ant Secretary\, he oversees U.S. foreign policy with India\,\nBangladesh\,
  Sri Lanka\, Nepal\, Maldives\, Bhutan\, Kazakhstan\, Uzbekistan\,\nKyrgyz
 stan\, Turkmenistan\, and Tajikistan. He previously served as Ambassador t
 o\nSri Lanka and Maldives from 2006 to mid-2009 and Deputy Chief of Missio
 n at the\nU.S. Mission in New Delhi\, India from 2003 – 2006. Since enteri
 ng the Foreign\nService in 1985\, he has served at American Embassies in A
 frica as well as in a\nnumber of positions at the Department of State in W
 ashington D.C. Mr. Blake earned\na B.A. from Harvard in 1980 and an M.A. i
 n International Relations from Johns\nHopkins School of Advanced Internati
 onal Studies (SAIS) in 1984. &nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:SAC presents: Assistant Secretary Robert Blake
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The India Model: The\nBeneficial Rise of an Ec
 onomic Power The market dynamics and thriving\ndemocratic institutions in 
 India have generated an economic model of a global\npower that other devel
 oping countries\, such as Bangladesh and Pakistan\, can\nemulate. While th
 e South and Central Asia region lacks integration\, the large\nmarkets and
  complementary resources have the potential to grow rapidly. Mr.\nBlake wa
 s appointed Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs in\nMa
 y 2009. As Assistant Secretary\, he oversees U.S. foreign policy with Indi
 a\,\nBangladesh\, Sri Lanka\, Nepal\, Maldives\, Bhutan\, Kazakhstan\, Uzb
 ekistan\,\nKyrgyzstan\, Turkmenistan\, and Tajikistan. He previously serve
 d as Ambassador to\nSri Lanka and Maldives from 2006 to mid-2009 and Deput
 y Chief of Mission at the\nU.S. Mission in New Delhi\, India from 2003 – 2
 006. Since entering the Foreign\nService in 1985\, he has served at Americ
 an Embassies in Africa as well as in a\nnumber of positions at the Departm
 ent of State in Washington D.C. Mr. Blake earned\na B.A. from Harvard in 1
 980 and an M.A. in International Relations from Johns\nHopkins School of A
 dvanced International Studies (SAIS) in 1984. &nbsp\;
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