India’s civil servant exam

Re:India’s civil servant exam by jigen on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @06:16AM (#10184857)

Definitely better than what the US is doing with its foreign policy towards the Indian subcontinet. The state department's south asian wing is full of ignorant and incompetent idiots.

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Re:India’s civil servant exam by selimthegrim on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @06:50AM (#10184939)

Can you expand on this? I know Robin Raphel almost got packed off to jail...

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Re:India’s civil servant exam by Brig303 on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @09:23AM (#10185480)

One source: http://warontherocks.com/2015/06/how-pakistan-beguiles-the-a...

C Christine Fair is a Professor at Georgetown and at one time was offered the role of Asstt Secy for South Asia. It's a comedy that the lack of a dedicated South Asia cadre can have near disastrous consequences for US foreign policy.

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Re:India’s civil servant exam by notfoss on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @09:30AM (#10185514)

Well, one I can point out is Nancy Powell (former US ambassador to India). She failed to assess the popularity of India's current prime minister on time, for instance. You can search for it on the net.

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Re:India’s civil servant exam by smcl on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @09:42AM (#10185584)

I don't understand this. I googled for a few things but only got some stories about her meeting Modi when he was in charge of Gujarat but nothing particularly interesting or related to what you said

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Re:India’s civil servant exam by notfoss on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @09:36AM (#10191308)

Nancy Powell was known for her proximity with Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton on the other hand was very much against Modi getting to power.

See for reference: http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/obama-quietly-reverses-h...

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