Robert Blake Jr

Proud father of 3 daughters, husband of Sofia; former Amb. to Indonesia and Sri Lanka; Senior Director @McLartyAssoc, avid diver, hiker and tennis player.

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Pleased to witness the opening of the US-ASEAN Center today, a valuable new chance to showcase ASEAN’s importance.

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

@ADBIndonesia Excellent initiative; so much opportunity to replace expensive and polluting diesel power with clean renewable energy all over eastern Indonesia.

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

@gabrielanagle @JJacksonEwing @jp_phillips10 @esweinthal @DUCIGS Great pleasure! Warm thanks to Duke for its efforts to think through the future of diplomacy.

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Excellent news that the highly competent and experienced Mahendra Siregar will be Deputy Foreign Minister with special responsibilities for economic diplomacy. https://t.co/Nt9OdV4Eub

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Fascinating story of an innovative treetop surveillance system that uses recycled cellphones and AI software to detect illegal deforestation in Indonesia. https://t.co/asJOb3AJjr

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Quite an important achievement for Sri Lanka's leading exporter. Well done @BrandixLanka! https://t.co/OgKbNcOOVW

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Good to see Indonesia taking this important new step to incentivize foreign investment. @Bkpm; @airlangga_hrt. https://t.co/K2zEnR09iP

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Terrific article about how SE Asian students who have US tech degrees are returning home to help fuel the SE Asia tech boom in Indonesia, Vietnam and elsewhere: @intudo; @gojekindonesia and many more. https://t.co/ddoPYicUfd

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Congratulations to President @Jokowi! An important victory for moderation and pluralism. https://t.co/b1Fn0gbaqi

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Agree @MangalaLK and I said as much in my speech.

[Mangala Samaraweera @MangalaLK]

#SriLanka IS NOW A STRONG & VIBRANT DEMOCRACY - @RobertOBlakeJr !!! Sri Lankans will never return to the @GotabayaR era of white vans abductions & killings by sycophants and psychopaths masquerading as senior officials, technocrats & advisors. #lka

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

@MangalaLK @GotabayaR Quite right. I stressed throughout my Pathfinder speech the importance of good governance and reconciliation.

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Enjoyed a delicious @Sri Lanka fish curry with brinjal. Nothing better!

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Came home from my @fpcindo speech on the terrific new ⁦@mrtjakarta⁩ -beats traffic every time!!

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Very pleased to speak about the promising future of US-Indonesia relations @fpcindo today. Tx ⁦@dinopattidjalal⁩

[Southeast Asia News @southeastasia4u]

Deforestation will drive orangutans extinct 'in a decade' https://t.co/US5ByqeOQ7

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

@DJRachbini Thank you! It was a pleasure.

[McLarty Associates @McLartyAssoc]

Fmr US Amb to Indonesia @RobertOBlakeJr speaks on economic, military, and environmental cooperation between the US and Indonesia at a workshop hosted by the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) at @KBRIWashDC

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Even as tropical forest losses mounted in 2018, @WorldResources reports Indonesia sustained recent progress to slow its forest losses. https://t.co/B7P7L2pDok via @worldresources

[Robert Blake Jr @RobertOBlakeJr]

Xi Jinping says BRI projects should be open, green and clean.