Antony Blinken

Statesman

1962-04-16

American diplomat who served as the 71st U.S. secretary of state from 2021 to 2025. He previously held senior foreign policy roles as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security advisor. His public career centers on U.S. diplomacy and international security policy.

Quotes by Antony Blinken

The liberal order led by the United States favored an open world connected by the free flow of people, goods, ideas and capital, a world grounded in the principles of self-determination and sovereignty for nations and basic rights for their citizens. It did fall short of its ideals, often in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
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When it comes to sowing doubt about democracy and fueling dissension among Americans, Mr. Putin is eating our lunch.
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When it comes to the effective stewardship of our nation's security - especially during crises - the most successful administrations had three things in common: people, process and policy.
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Every administration suffers its share of 'what the president meant to say' moments.
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Chomsky's characterization of the United States as a 'propaganda' state like all the rest - distinguishable only by its more effective and seductive salesmanship - is particularly hard to swallow.
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Every day at the State Department, we tackle issues at the intersection of foreign policy and science and technology.
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The Revolutionary Guard Corps is the official protector of Iran's revolution, with 100,000 troops divided into air, naval and ground divisions. It plays a large role in Iran's economy. Its international paramilitary arm, the Quds Force, is Tehran's main vehicle for supporting Shiite proxy forces.
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Mr. Xi is all-in on robotics, aerospace, high-speed rail, new-energy vehicles and advanced medical products.
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Most of the money that we provide to the WTO is done on a voluntary basis.
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It fell to President Harry Truman to contain Soviet expansionism. He built America's first peacetime alliances, starting in Western Europe, then in Asia.
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Beijing's foreign investments can be coercive and exploitative - using Chinese laborers and contractors instead of local ones, saddling poorer countries with enormous debts, leaving behind shoddy workmanship and fueling corruption.
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I was the first senior American official to meet with Riyadh's dynamic Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after the Saudi intervention in Yemen in 2015. I reiterated the United States' commitment to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi aggression and to help press the Houthis back to the bargaining table.
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My father's father fled a pogrom in Russia in the early 20th century and was welcomed to the United States. So was my stepmother, who escaped as a young girl from Communist Hungary in 1950.
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The United States must not see China or Russia through a zero-sum prism.
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