Robert D. Blackwill
American diplomat and foreign policy author
Robert D. Blackwill is a former US ambassador to India and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. His books include Lee Kuan Yew.
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American Born 1939 in Kellogg, United States
About Robert D. Blackwill
Robert D. Blackwill is a retired American diplomat and author. He served as US ambassador to India from 2001 to 2003 under President George W. Bush. From 2003 to 2004 he held the deputy post for Iraq on the National Security Council. He is the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, and also a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He has also served in the White House as deputy national security advisor for strategic planning. His books include Lost Decade (2024), War by Other Means (2016) and Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (2013). He has received the Padma Bhushan from the government of India and Germany's Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit.