As Ambassador to India, Roemer has had a wonderful stint full of achievements, but revelations of his diplomatic communications to the US government have undermined his character to a significant extent
Serena Williams, while losing quite unimpressively at the US Open this week, screamed at the match referee after sorely losing a point, “If you ever see me walking down the hall...walk the other way” Many Indian politicians might wish to replicate Ms. Williams’ greetings for Timothy Roemer, whose two years term as 21st US Ambassador to India (July 23, 2009 - April 26, 2011) provided unprecedented success for American interests in India. During his tenure, President Barack Obama made his longest stay in a foreign nation in India; US export to India surged by 17%, both countries signed the Counterterrorism Cooperation Initiative and many high level American diplomats including Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made their visits to India.
While all that may be impressive, his amateurish interpretations of diplomatic affairs as an ambassador surprised many and have seriously undermined his achievements, as WikiLeaks cables made some of his official cables public. As ambassador, his statements were supposed to be highly responsible and he should have ideally not painted them with his own perceptions on the situation. But his cables have yielded rather undesirable results, ever since they caught the WikiLeaks bug.
As per one of the WikiLeaks cable releases, former National Security Advisor of India M. K. Narayanan told Roemer that India wants to “maintain a regular dialogue with China so as to avoid a repeat of the 1962 Indo-China war.” In another cable, he reported to US that Narayanan had told him that India was not interested in David Headley’s extradition. Narayanan strongly refuted this in the media.
While all that may be impressive, his amateurish interpretations of diplomatic affairs as an ambassador surprised many and have seriously undermined his achievements, as WikiLeaks cables made some of his official cables public. As ambassador, his statements were supposed to be highly responsible and he should have ideally not painted them with his own perceptions on the situation. But his cables have yielded rather undesirable results, ever since they caught the WikiLeaks bug.
As per one of the WikiLeaks cable releases, former National Security Advisor of India M. K. Narayanan told Roemer that India wants to “maintain a regular dialogue with China so as to avoid a repeat of the 1962 Indo-China war.” In another cable, he reported to US that Narayanan had told him that India was not interested in David Headley’s extradition. Narayanan strongly refuted this in the media.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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