The Center for Strategic and International Studies Holds a Discussion On the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies Holds a Discussion On the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT O. BLAKE JR. AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS PHILIP "P.J." CROWLEY PARTICIPATE IN A CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES WEBCAST ON THE U.S.-INDIA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE

JUNE 8, 2010

SPEAKERS: PHILIP J. "P.J." CROWLEY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS

ROBERT O. BLAKE JR., ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS

TERESITA SCHAFFER, DIRECTOR, SOUTH ASIA PROGRAM, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

[*] CROWLEY: Good morning, and welcome to the Department of State here in Washington, D.C., and thank you for joining us in Conversations America, an opportunity for us to discuss, you know, a range of issues, important issues with people within the United States and around the world, allows you to watch a live discussion between leading State Department officials, past and present, as we discuss, you know, key regional issues.

Today we're going to be talking about South Asia and the United States' relationship with a very important emerging power in the world, India. Over the past few days we've had many questions that have come to us from around the world, questions from India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey and Thailand, and we've selected a representative sampling of those questions that we'll provide during the course of this broadcast.

The topic today is U.S.-India relations following the strategic dialogue between the United States and India. We have with us Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Bob Blake, and he will be discussing with Teresita Schaffer, director of the South Asia program at the Center for Strategic International Studies and distinguished former ambassador of the United States.

So with this, we'll get started as an opportunity to kind of continue to talk about bureaucracy and diplomacy worldwide. I should say I am P.J. Crowley, assistant secretary of state for public affairs, and I'll be moderating this program today.

So Bob, to start with you, we just had this strategic dialogue between India and the United States. What do yo...

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