Antony Blinken

Blinken was born on April 16, 1962, in Yonkers, New York, to Jewish parents. His mother was Judith (née Frehm) Blinken and his father was Donald M. Blinken, a co-founder of the private equity firm Warburg Pincus who later served as the U.S. ambassador to Hungary.{{cite news|last1=Horowitz|first1=Jason|date=September 20, 2013|title=Antony Blinken steps into the spotlight with Obama administration role|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/antony-blinken-steps-into-the-spotlight-with-obama-administration-role/2013/09/15/7484a5c0-1e20-11e3-94a2-6c66b668ea55_story.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916033942/http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/antony-blinken-steps-into-the-spotlight-with-obama-administration-role/2013/09/15/7484a5c0-1e20-11e3-94a2-6c66b668ea55_story.html|archive-date=September 16, 2013|id={{ProQuest|1432540846}}|page=C1}}{{cite web|title=Antony 'Tony' Blinken|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/blinken.html|publisher=Jewish Virtual Library|date=2013|access-date=November 16, 2015|archive-date=November 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024905/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/blinken.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Frehm – Blinken |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/07/archives/frehmblinken.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=November 23, 2020 |date=December 7, 1957 |archive-date=March 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324015517/http://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/07/archives/frehmblinken.html |url-status=live }} His maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jews.{{Cite web|last1=Andriotakis|first1=Pamela|date=August 25, 1980|title=Sam and Judith Pisar Meld the Disparate Worlds of Cage and Kissinger in Their Marriage|url=https://people.com/archive/sam-and-judith-pisar-meld-the-disparate-worlds-of-cage-and-kissinger-in-their-marriage-vol-14-no-8/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123113007/https://people.com/archive/sam-and-judith-pisar-meld-the-disparate-worlds-of-cage-and-kissinger-in-their-marriage-vol-14-no-8/|archive-date=November 23, 2020|access-date=November 25, 2020|website=People}} Blinken's uncle, Alan Blinken, served as the U.S. ambassador to Belgium.{{Cite news|last=Russell|first=Betsy Z.|date=November 23, 2020|title=Why Biden's pick for Secretary of State has a name that's familiar in Idaho politics ...|language=en|work=Idaho Press|url=https://www.idahopress.com/eyeonboise/why-bidens-pick-for-secretary-of-state-has-a-name-thats-familiar-in-idaho-politics/article_33e80624-4a4f-51fb-807a-0f01157befdf.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129201944/https://www.idahopress.com/eyeonboise/why-bidens-pick-for-secretary-of-state-has-a-name-thats-familiar-in-idaho-politics/article_33e80624-4a4f-51fb-807a-0f01157befdf.html|archive-date=November 29, 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Finnegan|first=Conor|date=November 24, 2020|title=Who is Tony Blinken? Biden taps close confidante, longtime aide for secretary of state|language=en|work=ABC News|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tony-blinken-biden-taps-close-confidante-longtime-aide/story?id=74363232|url-status=live|access-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202013112/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tony-blinken-biden-taps-close-confidante-longtime-aide/story?id=74363232|archive-date=December 2, 2020}} His paternal grandfather, Maurice Henry Blinken, was an early backer of Israel who studied its economic viability,{{Cite news|date=July 15, 1986|title=Maurice Blinken, 86; Early Backer of Israel|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/15/obituaries/maurice-blinken-86-early-backer-of-israel.html|access-date=January 23, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130213417/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/15/obituaries/maurice-blinken-86-early-backer-of-israel.html|url-status=live}} and his great-grandfather was Meir Blinken, a Yiddish writer.{{cite web |url=https://ukrainianjewishencounter.org/en/yiddish-and-the-ukrainian-jewish-roots-of-the-new-u-s-secretary-of-state/ |first=Shimon |last=Briman |translator=Marta D. Olynyk |title=Yiddish and the Ukrainian–Jewish roots of the new U.S. Secretary of State |publisher=Ukrainian Jewish Encounter |date=November 30, 2020 |access-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109000423/https://ukrainianjewishencounter.org/en/yiddish-and-the-ukrainian-jewish-roots-of-the-new-u-s-secretary-of-state/ |url-status=live }}

Blinken attended the Dalton School in New York City until 1971. He then moved to Paris with his mother and Samuel Pisar; his mother married Pisar after divorcing Donald Blinken. In his confirmation hearing, Blinken recalled the story of his stepfather, Pisar, who had been the only Holocaust survivor of the 900 children in his school in Poland. Pisar found refuge in a U.S. tank after making a break into the forest during a Nazi death march.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/ruth-wisse/blinkens-judaism-israel/|title=A Tale of Five Blinkens|date=February 2021|magazine=Commentary|last=Wisse|first=Ruth R.|access-date=January 23, 2021|archive-date=January 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119221606/https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/ruth-wisse/blinkens-judaism-israel/|url-status=live}}[https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/011921_Blinken_Testimony.pdf Statement for the Record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304093159/https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/011921_Blinken_Testimony.pdf |date=March 4, 2021 }} before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Antony J. Blinken, Nominee for Secretary of State, January 19, 2021. In Paris, Blinken attended École Jeannine Manuel.{{Cite web|last=Bezioua|first=Céline|title=Venue d'Antony Blinken à l'école|url=https://www.ecolejeanninemanuel.org/fr/news-tous/item/77-venue-d-antony-blinken-a-l-ecole.html|access-date=August 8, 2020|publisher=École Jeannine Manuel|language=fr-fr|archive-date=April 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420043225/http://www.ecolejeanninemanuel.org/fr/news-tous/item/77-venue-d-antony-blinken-a-l-ecole.html}}

From 1980 to 1984, Blinken attended Harvard College, where he majored in social studies. He co-edited Harvard's daily student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson,{{Cite news|last1=Uribe|first1=Raquel Coronell|last2=Griffin|first2=Kelsey J.|title=President-elect Joe Biden Nominates Harvard Affiliates to Top Executive Positions|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/12/7/biden-cabinet-harvard-affiliates/|date=December 7, 2020|access-date=December 7, 2020|work=The Harvard Crimson|archive-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112031532/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/12/7/biden-cabinet-harvard-affiliates/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/writer/6331/Anthony_J._Blinken/ |title=Anthony J. Blinken |work=The Harvard Crimson |access-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-date=December 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210203436/http://www.thecrimson.com/writer/6331/Anthony_J._Blinken/ |url-status=live }} and wrote a number of articles on current affairs.{{Cite news|last1=Paumgarten|first1=Nick|title=A Dad-Rocker in the State Department|date=December 7, 2020|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/14/a-dad-rocker-in-the-state-department|access-date=December 9, 2020|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-us|archive-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112031610/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/14/a-dad-rocker-in-the-state-department|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Rodríguez |first=Jesús |date=January 11, 2021 |title=The World According to Tony Blinken – in the 1980s |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/11/tony-blinken-secretary-state-harvard-crimson-college-writing-new-republic-columns-world-view-456699 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112062107/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/11/tony-blinken-secretary-state-harvard-crimson-college-writing-new-republic-columns-world-view-456699 |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |access-date=January 12, 2021 |website=Politico |language=en}} After graduating from the university, Blinken worked as an intern for The New Republic for about a year. He earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1988{{Cite web|date=April 30, 2015|title=Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken '88 Speaks at Annual D.C. Alumni Dinner|url=https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/deputy-secretary-state-antony-blinken-88-speaks-annual-dc-alumni-dinner|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918180356/https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/deputy-secretary-state-antony-blinken-88-speaks-annual-dc-alumni-dinner|archive-date=September 18, 2020|access-date=November 23, 2020|publisher=Columbia Law School|language=en}} and practiced law in New York City and Paris.{{cite news|last1=Sorcher|first1=Sara|title=Antony Blinken, Deputy National Security Adviser|date=July 17, 2013|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/decision-makers/security/antony-blinken-deputy-national-security-adviser-20130717|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214174259/http://www.nationaljournal.com/decision-makers/security/antony-blinken-deputy-national-security-adviser-20130717|archive-date=February 14, 2015|work=National Journal}} Blinken worked with his father to raise funds for Michael Dukakis, the Democratic nominee in the 1988 United States presidential election.

In his monograph Ally versus Ally: America, Europe, and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis (1987), Blinken argued that exerting diplomatic pressure on the Soviet Union during the Siberian pipeline crisis was less significant for American interests than maintaining strong relations between the United States and Europe.{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Chris|title=The Ghost of Blinken Past|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/03/blinken-secretary-state-alliances-nato-ally-versus-ally/|date=December 3, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|website=Foreign Policy|language=en-US|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206153644/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/03/blinken-secretary-state-alliances-nato-ally-versus-ally/|url-status=live}} Ally versus Ally was based on Blinken's undergraduate thesis in which he interviewed Henry Kissinger.{{Cite web |last=Guyer |first=Jonathan |date=June 8, 2023 |title=I Crashed Henry Kissinger's 100th-Birthday Party |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/06/the-elite-dont-want-to-talk-about-henry-kissingers-party.html |access-date=June 8, 2023 |website=Intelligencer |language=en-us}}

Blinken has held senior foreign policy positions in two administrations over two decades. He was a member of the United States National Security Council staff from 1994 to 2001.{{Cite news|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125205721/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/politics/blinken-biden-secstate-candidate/index.html|url-status=live}} From 1994 to 1998, Blinken was special assistant to the president and senior director for strategic planning and National Security Council senior director for speechwriting.{{Cite web|title=Antony J. Blinken|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/236057.htm|access-date=November 26, 2020|publisher=United States Department of State|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123111318/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/236057.htm|url-status=live}} From 1999 to 2001, he was special assistant to the president and senior director for European and Canadian affairs.{{cite book |title=Instruments and Institutions of American Purpose |last1=Gallucci |first1=Robert |author-link=Robert Gallucci |year=2009 |publisher=Aspen Institute |location=United States |isbn=978-0-89843-501-6 |page=112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0NgQCkNwUkC&pg=PA112 |access-date=January 20, 2015 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123052539/https://books.google.com/books?id=T0NgQCkNwUkC&lpg=PA112 }}

In 2002, Blinken was appointed staff director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a position he served in until 2008. Blinken assisted then-Senator Joe Biden, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in formulating Biden's support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, with Blinken characterizing the vote to invade Iraq as "a vote for tough diplomacy".{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Jake|date=November 27, 2020|title=As Biden taps Blinken as Secretary of State, critics denounce support for invasions of Iraq, Libya|url=https://www.salon.com/2020/11/27/as-biden-taps-blinken-as-secretary-of-state-critics-denounce-support-for-invasions-of-iraq-libya_partner/|access-date=December 5, 2020|website=Salon|language=en|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201093605/https://www.salon.com/2020/11/27/as-biden-taps-blinken-as-secretary-of-state-critics-denounce-support-for-invasions-of-iraq-libya_partner/|url-status=live}} Blinken supported the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.{{cite news|last1=Fordham|first1=Evie|date=November 23, 2020|title=Biden secretary of state pick Blinken criticized over Iraq War, consulting work|work=Fox News|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-secretary-of-state-blinken-iraq-war-criticism|url-status=live|access-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123173648/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-secretary-of-state-blinken-iraq-war-criticism|archive-date=November 23, 2020}}

In the years following the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, Blinken assisted Biden in formulating a proposal in the Senate to establish in Iraq three independent regions divided along ethnic or sectarian lines: a "Shiastan" in the south, a "Sunnistan" in the north, as well as Iraqi Kurdistan. The proposal was overwhelmingly rejected at home, as well as in Iraq, where the prime minister opposed the partition plan.{{Cite news|last1=Jakes|first1=Lara|last2=Crowley|first2=Michael|last3=Sanger|first3=David E.|date=November 23, 2020|title=Biden Chooses Antony Blinken, Defender of Global Alliances, as Secretary of State|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/us/politics/biden-antony-blinken-secretary-of-state.html|access-date=December 5, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123015015/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/us/politics/biden-antony-blinken-secretary-of-state.html|url-status=live}}

He was also a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In 2008, Blinken worked for Joe Biden's presidential campaign, and was a member of the Obama–Biden presidential transition team.{{cite news |title=Blinken confirmed by Senate as Kerry's deputy at State |last1=LaMonica |first1=Gabe |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/17/politics/blinken-senate-confirmation/ |publisher=CNN |date=December 17, 2014 |access-date=February 3, 2015 |archive-date=February 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220022426/http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/17/politics/blinken-senate-confirmation/ |url-status=live }}

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From 2009 to 2013, Blinken was deputy assistant to the president and National Security Advisor to the Vice President. In this position he helped craft U.S. policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran. Blinken was sworn in as deputy national security advisor, succeeding Denis McDonough, on January 20, 2013.{{cite news |last1=Nakamura |first1=David |last2=Horwitz |first2=Sari |title=Obama taps McDonough as chief of staff, says goodbye to longtime adviser Plouffe |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-to-tap-denis-mcdonough-as-chief-of-staff/2013/01/25/498045ac-66f9-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html |access-date=June 26, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 25, 2013 |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208121637/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-to-tap-denis-mcdonough-as-chief-of-staff/2013/01/25/498045ac-66f9-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html |url-status=live }}

On November 7, 2014, President Obama announced that he would nominate Blinken for the deputy secretary post, replacing the retiring William J. Burns.{{cite news|title=Obama nominates his adviser Tony Blinken as Deputy Secretary of State|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-blinken-idUSKBN0IR2F320141107|access-date=November 7, 2014|publisher=Reuters|archive-date=November 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108035058/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/07/us-usa-politics-blinken-idUSKBN0IR2F320141107|url-status=live}} On December 16, 2014, Blinken was confirmed as Deputy Secretary of State by the Senate by a vote of 55 to 38.{{Cite web|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress – 2nd Session|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00362|access-date=January 8, 2019|website=senate.gov|archive-date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925083221/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00362|url-status=live}}

Of Obama's 2011 decision to kill Osama bin Laden, Blinken said "I've never seen a more courageous decision made by a leader."{{Cite book|last1=Mann|first1=Jim|title=The Obamians: The Struggle Inside the White House to Redefine American Power|date=2012|publisher=Viking Press|isbn=978-0-670-02376-9|location=New York|page=313|language=en|oclc=1150993166}} A 2013 profile described him as "one of the government's key players in drafting Syria policy", for which he served as a public face.{{Cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Jonathan|date=September 16, 2013|title=Tony Blinken's star turn|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/tony-blinkens-star-turn-096847|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828173731/https://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/tony-blinkens-star-turn-096847|archive-date=August 28, 2020|access-date=November 23, 2020|work=Politico|language=en}} Blinken was influential in formulating the Obama administration's response to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.{{Cite web|last1=Gramer|first1=Robbie|last2=Detsch|first2=Jack|title=Biden's Secretary of State Pick Bodes Return to Normalcy for Weary Diplomats|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/23/biden-blinken-transition-state-department/|access-date=November 25, 2020|website=Foreign Policy|language=en-US|date=November 23, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125055809/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/23/biden-blinken-transition-state-department/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last1=Zeleny|first1=Jeff|last2=Merica|first2=Dan|last3=Atwood|first3=Kylie|title=Biden poised to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/22/politics/biden-transition-antony-blinken/index.html|access-date=November 25, 2020|website=CNN|date=November 22, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125143545/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/22/politics/biden-transition-antony-blinken/index.html|url-status=live}}

Blinken supported the 2011 military intervention in Libya and the supply of weapons to Syrian rebels.{{cite news |title=W.H. defends plan to arm Syrian rebels |url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/bestoftv/2014/09/18/house-approves-aid-to-syrian-rebels-blinken-interview-newday.cnn |publisher=CNN |date=September 18, 2014 |access-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-date=October 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019115424/http://edition.cnn.com/videos/bestoftv/2014/09/18/house-approves-aid-to-syrian-rebels-blinken-interview-newday.cnn |url-status=live }} He condemned the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt and expressed support for the democratically elected Turkish government and its institutions, but also criticized the 2016–present purges in Turkey.{{cite news |title=ABD yönetimine Türkiye açısından kritik isimler |url=https://www.dw.com/tr/abd-y%C3%B6netimine-t%C3%BCrkiye-a%C3%A7%C4%B1s%C4%B1ndan-kritik-isimler/a-55699924 |access-date=December 4, 2020 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=November 23, 2020 |language=tr-TR |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201031959/https://www.dw.com/tr/abd-y%C3%B6netimine-t%C3%BCrkiye-a%C3%A7%C4%B1s%C4%B1ndan-kritik-isimler/a-55699924 |url-status=live }} In April 2015, Blinken voiced support for the Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen.{{cite news |title=Yemen conflict: US boosts arms supplies for Saudi-led coalition |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32211550 |work=BBC News |date=April 7, 2015 |access-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-date=July 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702212047/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32211550 |url-status=live }} He said that "as part of that effort, we have expedited weapons deliveries, we have increased our intelligence sharing, and we have established a joint coordination planning cell in the Saudi operation centre."{{cite news |title=US steps up arms for Saudi campaign in Yemen |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/4/8/us-steps-up-arms-for-saudi-campaign-in-yemen |work=Al Jazeera |date=April 8, 2015 |access-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113162749/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/4/8/us-steps-up-arms-for-saudi-campaign-in-yemen |url-status=live }}

Blinken worked with Biden on requests for American money to replenish Israel's arsenal of Iron Dome interceptor missiles during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.{{cite news|last=Magid|first=Jacob|title=In tapping Blinken, Biden will be served by confidant with deep Jewish roots|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-tapping-blinken-biden-will-be-served-by-confidante-with-deep-jewish-roots/|work=The Times of Israel|date=November 24, 2020|access-date=December 3, 2020|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130103504/https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-tapping-blinken-biden-will-be-served-by-confidante-with-deep-jewish-roots/|url-status=live}} In May 2015, Blinken criticized the persecution of Muslims in Myanmar and warned Myanmar's leaders about the dangers of anti-Muslim legislation,{{cite news|date=May 24, 2015|title=Myanmar population control bill signed into law despite concerns it could be used to persecute minorities|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-24/myanmar-president-signs-off-on-controversial-population-law/6493198|access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-date=March 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312001305/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-24/myanmar-president-signs-off-on-controversial-population-law/6493198|url-status=live}} saying that Rohingya Muslims "should have a path to citizenship. The uncertainty that comes from not having any status is one of the things that may drive people to leave."{{cite news |title=Myanmar should share responsibility for Rohingya crisis: US |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/us-myanmar-should-share-responsibility-for-rohingya-crisis-115052300299_1.html |work=Business Standard |date=May 23, 2015 |access-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019140948/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/us-myanmar-should-share-responsibility-for-rohingya-crisis-115052300299_1.html |url-status=live }}

In June 2015, Blinken claimed that more than ten thousand ISIL fighters had been killed by American-led airstrikes against the Islamic State since a U.S.-led coalition launched a campaign against it nine months previously.{{cite news |last1=Mroue |first1=Bassem |title=U.S. official: Airstrikes killed 10,000 Islamic State fighters |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/06/03/islamic-state-death-toll/28415743/ |work=USA Today |date=June 3, 2015 |access-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-date=December 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206153624/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/06/03/islamic-state-death-toll/28415743/ |url-status=live }}

{{Main|Foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration}}

File:Secretary Blinken is Sworn in as Secretary of State (50878397918).jpg at the U.S. State Department on January 26, 2021]]

Blinken was a foreign policy advisor for Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.{{Cite news|last1=Hook|first1=Janet|last2=Wilkinson|first2=Tracy|date=November 23, 2020|title=Biden's longtime advisor Antony Blinken emerges as his pick for secretary of State|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-11-22/biden-antony-blinken-secretary-of-state|access-date=December 6, 2020|work=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202090651/https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-11-22/biden-antony-blinken-secretary-of-state|url-status=live}} On November 22, 2020, Bloomberg News reported that Biden had selected Blinken as his nominee for secretary of state.{{cite news|last1=Pager|first1=Tyler|last2=Epstein|first2=Jennifer|last3=Mohsin|first3=Saleha|date=November 22, 2020|title=Biden to Name Longtime Aide Blinken as Secretary of State|work=Bloomberg News|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-23/biden-to-name-longtime-aide-blinken-as-secretary-of-state|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123163904/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-23/biden-to-name-longtime-aide-blinken-as-secretary-of-state|archive-date=November 23, 2020|access-date=November 22, 2020}} These reports were later corroborated by The New York Times and other outlets.{{Cite news|last1=Herszenhorn|first1=David M.|last2=Momtaz|first2=Rym|date=November 23, 2020|title=9 things to know about Antony Blinken, the next US secretary of state|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/nine-things-to-think-about-antony-blinken/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124201309/https://www.politico.eu/article/nine-things-to-think-about-antony-blinken/|archive-date=November 24, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2020|website=Politico|language=en-US|ref=politico.eu Nov. 2020 European perspective}} On November 24, upon being announced as Biden's choice for secretary of state, Blinken said, "We can't solve all the world's problems alone [and] we need to be working with other countries."{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=David|date=November 24, 2020|title='A cabinet that looks like America': Harris hails Biden's diverse picks|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/24/joe-biden-climate-crisis-cabinet-picks-john-kerry|access-date=November 24, 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124235949/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/24/joe-biden-climate-crisis-cabinet-picks-john-kerry|url-status=live}} He had earlier remarked in a September 2020 interview with the Associated Press that "democracy is in retreat around the world, and unfortunately it's also in retreat at home because of the president taking a two-by-four to its institutions, its values and its people every day."{{Cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Matthew|date=November 22, 2020|title=Biden expected to nominate Blinken as secretary of state|url=https://apnews.com/article/11c3df0ec442854db8bb1e5da948f74e|access-date=December 6, 2020|work=AP News|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123225257/https://apnews.com/article/11c3df0ec442854db8bb1e5da948f74e|url-status=live}}

Blinken's confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee began on January 19, 2021. His nomination was confirmed by the committee on January 25 with a vote of 15–3.{{Cite news|last1=Zengerle|first1=Patricia|last2=Pamuk|first2=Humeyra|date=January 26, 2021|title=U.S. Senate expected to confirm Blinken as Secretary of State on Tuesday|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-blinken-idUSKBN29U2MO|access-date=January 26, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126033604/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-blinken-idUSKBN29U2MO|url-status=live}} On January 26, Blinken was confirmed in the full Senate by a vote of 78–22. Blinken took the oath of office of the secretary of state later that day.{{Cite news|last=Hansler|first=Jennifer|title=Antony Blinken sworn in as Biden's secretary of state|date=January 26, 2021|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/blinken-confirmation-secretary-of-state/index.html|access-date=January 27, 2021|work=CNN|archive-date=May 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511051651/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/blinken-confirmation-secretary-of-state/index.html|url-status=live}} In doing so, he became the third former deputy secretary of state to serve as the Secretary of State, after Lawrence Eagleburger and Warren Christopher in 1992 and 1993, respectively.{{cite web|title=Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Warren Minor Christopher (1925–2011)|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/christopher-warren-minor|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=n.d.|access-date=March 10, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205054857/https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/christopher-warren-minor|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (1930–2011)|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/eagleburger-lawrence-sidney|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=n.d.|access-date=March 10, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205054835/https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/eagleburger-lawrence-sidney|url-status=live}}

{{see also|List of international trips made by Antony Blinken as United States Secretary of State}}

File:Secretary Blinken Meets With Kenyan President Ruto (52375711450).jpg on September 21, 2022]]

In February 2021, Blinken condemned ethnic cleansing in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia and called for the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces and other fighters.{{cite news |title=Top US diplomat decries 'ethnic cleansing' in Ethiopia's Tigray |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/10/us-top-diplomat-decries-ethnic-cleansing-in-ethiopias-tigray |work=Al Jazeera |date=March 10, 2021 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213095041/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/10/us-top-diplomat-decries-ethnic-cleansing-in-ethiopias-tigray |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=The World's Deadliest War Isn't in Ukraine, But in Ethiopia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/the-worlds-deadliest-war-isnt-in-ukraine-but-in-ethiopia/2022/03/22/eaf4b83c-a9b6-11ec-8a8e-9c6e9fc7a0de_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 23, 2022 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110051111/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/the-worlds-deadliest-war-isnt-in-ukraine-but-in-ethiopia/2022/03/22/eaf4b83c-a9b6-11ec-8a8e-9c6e9fc7a0de_story.html |url-status=live }}

In the midst of the Biden administration's continuing review of the normalization agreement between Morocco and Israel enacted during the previous administration, Blinken maintained that the recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which was annexed by Morocco in 1975, will not be reversed imminently. During internal discussions, he supported improving relations between the two countries and expressed urgency in appointing a United Nations envoy to Western Sahara.{{cite news |title=Scoop: Biden won't reverse Trump's Western Sahara move, U.S. tells Morocco |url=https://www.axios.com/biden-keep-trump-western-sahara-recogntion-morocco-349f187f-bfe7-444b-a4e2-437045ae5dcf.html |work=Axios |date=April 30, 2021 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503084018/https://www.axios.com/biden-keep-trump-western-sahara-recogntion-morocco-349f187f-bfe7-444b-a4e2-437045ae5dcf.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Why Biden's Western Sahara policy remains under review |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/13/why-biden-administration-and-western-sahara |work=Al-Jazeera |date=June 13, 2021 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213095040/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/13/why-biden-administration-and-western-sahara |url-status=live }}

In March 2023, Blinken met with Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa to normalize relations between the United States and Ethiopia that were strained by the Tigray War between the Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels.{{cite news |title=Blinken praises Ethiopia on Tigray peace, no return to trade programme yet |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/blinken-meet-ethiopian-government-leaders-repair-ties-2023-03-15/ |work=Reuters |date=March 15, 2023}}

In January 2025, Blinken declared that the combatants in the Sudanese civil war were carrying out a genocide.

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Blinken made his first international trip with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Tokyo and Seoul on March 15, during which he warned China against coercion and aggression.{{Cite web|last=Nunley|first=Christian|date=March 10, 2021|title=Pentagon chief, secretary of State announce first trips abroad as Biden looks to reset global relations|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/10/blinken-austin-reveal-upcoming-international-travel.html|access-date=March 16, 2021|website=CNBC|language=en|archive-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315201247/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/10/blinken-austin-reveal-upcoming-international-travel.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Pamuk |last2=Takenaka |last3=Park |first1=Humeyra |first2=Kiyoshi |first3=Ju-min |title=Blinken warns China against 'coercion and aggression' on first Asia trip |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-asia-blinken-japan/blinken-warns-china-against-coercion-and-aggression-on-first-asia-trip-idUSKBN2B71C9 |access-date=April 13, 2021 |work=Reuters |date=March 17, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414123856/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-asia-blinken-japan/blinken-warns-china-against-coercion-and-aggression-on-first-asia-trip-idUSKBN2B71C9 |url-status=live }} He also condemned the Chinese government for committing genocide against ethnic Uyghurs.{{cite news |last1=Toosi |first1=Nahal |title=U.S., allies announce sanctions on China over Uyghur 'genocide' |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/22/us-allies-sanctions-china-uighers-genocide-477434 |work=Politico |date=March 22, 2021 |access-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429131951/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/22/us-allies-sanctions-china-uighers-genocide-477434 |url-status=live }}

In July 2021, the Biden administration accused China of a global cyberespionage campaign, which Blinken said posed "a major threat to our economic and national security".{{cite news |title=U.S. and allies accuse China of global hacking spree |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-cyber-idCAKBN2EP0YR |work=Reuters |date=July 19, 2021 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213095146/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-cyber-idCAKBN2EP0YR |url-status=live }}

In late April 2021, Blinken denounced the sentencing of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Jimmy Lai, Albert Ho, and Lee Cheuk-yan among others, for their roles in the 2019 Hong Kong protests, calling it a "politically-motivated" decision.{{cite news |last1=Cheung |first1=Eric |title=Hong Kong court convicts media tycoon Jimmy Lai and other activists over peaceful protest |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/01/media/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-trial-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=May 21, 2021 |work=CNN |date=April 1, 2021 |archive-date=April 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401061615/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/01/media/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-trial-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|title=Sentencing of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists for Unlawful Assembly|work=United States Department of State |url=https://www.state.gov/sentencing-of-hong-kong-pro-democracy-activists-for-unlawful-assembly/|access-date=April 16, 2021|language=en|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416222545/https://www.state.gov/sentencing-of-hong-kong-pro-democracy-activists-for-unlawful-assembly/|url-status=live}}

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In May 2022, Blinken stated that "China is the one country that has the intention as well as the economic, technological, military and diplomatic means to advance a different vision of international order."{{cite news |title=Blinken warns China threat greater than Russia long term |url=https://www.dw.com/en/blinken-warns-china-threat-greater-than-russia-long-term/a-61941942 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=May 26, 2022 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403132428/https://www.dw.com/en/blinken-warns-china-threat-greater-than-russia-long-term/a-61941942 |url-status=live }} He dismissed China's claims to be neutral in the Russo-Ukrainian War and accused China of supporting Russia.{{cite news |title=US's Blinken raises China's 'alignment with Russia' on Ukraine |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/9/us-blinken-and-chinas-wang-yi-hold-talks-on-ukraine-trade |work=Al Jazeera |date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320064107/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/9/us-blinken-and-chinas-wang-yi-hold-talks-on-ukraine-trade |url-status=live }}

In May 2022, Blinken says U.S. to rely on "Alliances", "Trade" and "Investment" to counter China, and focus on defending the rules-based order Beijing is trying to reshape.{{Cite news |last=Leary |first=Courtney McBride and Alex |title=Blinken Says U.S to Rely on Alliances, Trade and Investment to Counter China |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/blinken-to-stress-u-s-remains-focused-on-china-even-as-war-rages-in-ukraine-11653559200 |access-date=March 4, 2024 |work=WSJ |language=en-US}}

In June 2023, Blinken met with Chinese president Xi Jinping during his trip to Beijing. According to the State Department's readout, Blinken "emphasized the importance of maintaining open channels of communication across the full range of issues to reduce the risk of miscalculation" and "made clear that while we will compete vigorously, the United States will responsibly manage that competition so that the relationship does not veer into conflict."{{Cite web |date=June 19, 2023 |title=Secretary Blinken's Visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC) |url=https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinkens-visit-to-the-peoples-republic-of-china-prc/ |access-date=June 19, 2023}}

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On November 15, 2023 Blinken accompanied Biden as together they hosted Xi Jinping and Wang Yi in Woodside, California and the so-called 2023 Woodside Summit. Top-level cabinet officials, such as Janet Yellen and John Kerry also were at the meeting table there.

On January 31, 2021, Blinken condemned the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état and expressed grave concerns on the detention of government officials and civil society leaders, calling for their immediate release.{{cite news |date=February 1, 2021 |title=Top U.S. diplomat Blinken calls on Myanmar military leaders to release Suu Kyi, others |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-usa-idUSKBN2A117K |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208032735/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-usa-idUSKBN2A117K |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |access-date=February 11, 2021 |work=Reuters}} He stated that, "the United States will continue to take firm action against those who perpetrate violence against the people of Burma as they demand the restoration of their democratically elected government."{{cite news |date=February 4, 2021 |title=U.S.'s Blinken vows 'firm action' against Myanmar military |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-usa-blinken-idUSKBN2AM056 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521192336/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-usa-blinken-idUSKBN2AM056 |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |work=Reuters}}

File:Secretary Blinken Meets with Afghan President Ghani (51126100940).jpg to discuss U.S. troop withdrawal]]

In February 2021, having spoken to president Ashraf Ghani, Blinken voiced support for Afghan peace negotiations with Taliban Islamist rebels and reiterated the United States' commitment to a peace deal that includes a "just and durable political settlement and permanent and comprehensive ceasefire."{{cite news |date=February 18, 2021 |title=Blinken tells Ghani U.S. supports Afghanistan peace process – statement |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-afghanistan-call/blinken-tells-ghani-u-s-supports-afghanistan-peace-process-statement-idINKBN2AI2DY |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318194825/https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-afghanistan-call/blinken-tells-ghani-u-s-supports-afghanistan-peace-process-statement-idINKBN2AI2DY |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2021 |work=Reuters}}

Blinken made an unannounced visit to Kabul on April 15 and met with U.S. military and diplomatic personnel following the Biden administration's announcement of the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.{{cite news |last1=Hansler |first1=Jennifer |date=April 15, 2021 |title=Secretary of State Blinken visits Afghanistan day after US announces plans for withdrawal |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/blinken-afghanistan/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521213927/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/blinken-afghanistan/index.html |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |work=CNN}} He said the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan was made to focus resources on China and the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |date=April 18, 202 |title=U.S. Focus Shifting to China From Afghanistan, Blinken Says |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-18/afghan-pullout-fits-with-u-s-shift-to-china-focus-blinken-says |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418141617/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-18/afghan-pullout-fits-with-u-s-shift-to-china-focus-blinken-says |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |agency=Bloomberg}} He faced calls to resign as secretary of state following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.{{Cite web |date=August 20, 2021 |title=Secretary of State Antony Blinken needs to resign |url=https://nypost.com/2021/08/20/secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-needs-to-resign/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213095237/https://nypost.com/2021/08/20/secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-needs-to-resign/ |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Blinken must resign |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/sep/14/editorial-antony-blinken-must-resign/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213094658/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/sep/14/editorial-antony-blinken-must-resign/ |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |website=The Washington Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Chasmar |first=Jessica |date=September 13, 2021 |title=Multiple GOP congressmen tell Blinken to resign during heated Afghanistan hearing |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wilson-secretary-state-blinken-resign-afghanistan-hearing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414123854/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wilson-secretary-state-blinken-resign-afghanistan-hearing |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2021 |title="Fatally Flawed": GOP congressman tells Blinken to resign as Afghanistan hearing heats up |url=https://www.newsweek.com/fatally-flawed-gop-congressman-tells-blinken-resign-afghanistan-hearing-heats-1628709 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213094710/https://www.newsweek.com/fatally-flawed-gop-congressman-tells-blinken-resign-afghanistan-hearing-heats-1628709 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}

File:C-17 carrying passengers out of Afghanistan.jpg on 15 August 2021]]

In August 2021, Blinken rejected comparisons between the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan due to the Taliban offensive, which started in May 2021 after U.S. and coalition military forces began withdrawing from Afghanistan, and the chaotic American departure from Saigon in 1975, saying that "We went to Afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission, and that mission was to deal with the folks who attacked us on 9/11 and we have succeeded in that mission."{{cite news |last=Choi |first=Joseph |date=August 15, 2021 |title=Blinken on Afghanistan: 'This is not Saigon' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/567926-blinken-on-afghanistan-situation-this-is-not-saigon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818234114/https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/567926-blinken-on-afghanistan-situation-this-is-not-saigon |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |access-date=August 21, 2021 |work=The Hill}}

On September 25, 2024, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the Biden-Harris administration for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The resolution passed 219-194, with 10 Democrats and all Republicans voting in favor.{{cite web |last1=Groves |first1=Stephen |title=House approves GOP resolution condemning Biden and Harris over Afghanistan withdrawal |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-harris-afghanistan-house-republicans-794de9e0a7685dbf7d9f2175728f4d51 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=26 September 2024 |date=25 September 2024}} Two New York Times diplomatic correspondents in a 2025 end of term assessment called the withdrawal Blinken's first test as Secretary of State, stating it was widely considered a fiasco.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/antony-blinken-gaza-israel-ukraine.html |title=How Antony Blinken, America's Top Diplomat, Became the Secretary of War |last1=Wong |first1=Edward |last2=Crowley |first2=Michael |newspaper=New York Times |url-access=subscription |date=18 January 2025 |access-date=20 January 2025}}

During the 2021 Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Blinken expressed "absolute" support for Israel's right to defend itself but warned that evicting Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem is among the actions that could further escalate outbreaks of violence and retaliation.{{cite news |date=May 13, 2021 |title=The Latest: Netanyahu raps 'anarchy' of Jewish-Arab fighting |url=https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-3a1c810bc2c08023543c911635cc83cf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513013103/https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-3a1c810bc2c08023543c911635cc83cf |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=May 13, 2021 |work=Associated Press}}{{Cite web |last=Tidman |first=Zoe |date=May 28, 2021 |title=US 'warns Israeli leaders evicting Palestinians could spark war' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/isreal-palestine-war-blinken-jerusalem-b1855676.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530012515/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/isreal-palestine-war-blinken-jerusalem-b1855676.html |archive-date=May 30, 2021 |access-date=June 1, 2021 |website=The Independent |location=London}}

File:Secretary Blinken Meets with Israeli War Cabinet - 53453976243.jpg meeting with Blinken, January 9, 2024]]

During a visit to Tel Aviv following the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, Blinken promised to help defend Israel "as long as America exists." Blinken said that "Israel has the right, indeed the obligation, to defend itself and to ensure that this never happens again." He rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza war but said he supported "humanitarian pauses" to deliver aid to the people of the Gaza Strip. Blinken participated in Netanyahu's cabinet policy decisions on humanitarian aid, which allowed the targeting of aid convoys that could "reach Hamas." Implementation of the policy resulted in assaults on UNRWA aid trucks, Palestinian police escorts for aid convoys, the World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack, and assassination of Anera aid workers.{{Cite web |last=Cogan |first=Yaniv |date=October 6, 2024 |title=Blinken Approved Policy to Bomb Aid Trucks, Israeli Cabinet Members Suggest |url=https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/blinken-approved-policy-bomb-aid-trucks |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Drop Site |language=en}}

File:United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Israel on October 22, 2024 - 26.jpg, October 22, 2024]]

In April 2024, it was reported that Blinken had refused to act on recommendations from the Israel Leahy Vetting Forum to sanction Israeli units that had participated in human rights violations including torture, rape, and extrajudicial killings in the West Bank.{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Brett |date=April 17, 2024 |title=Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/israel-gaza-blinken-leahy-sanctions-human-rights-violations |access-date=April 26, 2024 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Flaherty |first=Anne |date=April 26, 2024 |title=US holds off on sanctioning Israeli military units accused of human rights violations in West Bank before start of war with Hamas |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-sanction-israeli-military-units-accused-human-rights/story?id=109651562 |access-date=April 26, 2024 |website=ABC News |language=en}} During a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 21, 2024, Blinken faced fierce criticism from protestors who interrupted his testimony by shouting as they were escorted from the hearing room, including calling him "the Butcher of Gaza" and "Bloody Blinken".{{Cite web |date=May 21, 2024 |title='Butcher of Gaza!': Protesters thrown out of Blinken meeting that descends into chaos |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/tony-blinken-senate-committee-hearing-b2548890.html |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Jimison |first=Robert |date=May 21, 2024 |title=Pro-Palestinian protesters heckle Blinken as he testifies on Capitol Hill. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/world/middleeast/pro-palestinian-protesters-heckle-blinken-as-he-testified-on-capitol-hill.html |access-date=May 25, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} A Times of Israel report found that in August 2024, Blinken falsely announced that Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted a US proposal for a hostage deal, which {{Linktext|threw a wrench in the works}} and lead to the round of negotiations falling apart.{{Cite news |last=Magid |first=Jacob |date=15 January 2025 |title=Arab officials: Trump envoy swayed Netanyahu more in one meeting than Biden did all year |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-official-trump-envoy-swayed-netanyahu-more-in-one-meeting-than-biden-did-all-year/ |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=The Times of Israel}}

ProPublica reported on September 24, 2024, that Blinken lied to the U.S. Congress, ignoring two reports, one from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the other from State Department Refugees Bureau, that Israel had indeed blocked humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza.{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Brett |title=Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Two Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them. |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/gaza-palestine-israel-blocked-humanitarian-aid-blinken |publisher=ProPublica |access-date=28 September 2024 |date=24 September 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Rashid |first1=Hafiz |title=Damning Report Reveals How Antony Blinken Lied to Congress on Israel |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/186305/antony-blinken-congress-israel-aid-gaza-report |publisher=New Republic |access-date=28 September 2024 |date=24 September 2024}} First-hand reports had previously shown Israelis blocking and even destroying aid on trucks.{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Loveday |title=Far-right Israeli settlers step up attacks on aid trucks bound for Gaza |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/26/west-bank-aid-trucks-gaza-settlers/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=28 September 2024 |date=26 May 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Cursino |first1=Malu |title=Israeli protesters block aid trucks destined for Gaza |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg300jek94zo.amp |publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 September 2024 |date=14 May 2024}}

{{blockquote| "Their conclusion was explosive because U.S. law requires the government to cut off weapons shipments to countries that prevent the delivery of U.S.-backed humanitarian aid. Israel has been largely dependent on American bombs and other weapons in Gaza since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks."}}

Following the report, U.S. representative Rashida Tlaib{{cite web |last1=Wu |first1=Nicholas |date=26 September 2024 |title=Tlaib calls on Blinken to resign over statements related to Israel-Hamas war |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/09/26/congress/tlaib-calls-on-blinken-to-resign-00181168 |access-date=27 September 2024 |publisher=Politico}} and the Council on American–Islamic Relations called for Blinken's resignation.{{cite web |last1=Allison |first1=Ismail |date=24 September 2024 |title=CAIR Calls for Resignation of Secretary of State Blinken After Report He Lied to Congress About Israel Blocking Aid to Gaza |url=https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-calls-for-resignation-of-secretary-of-state-blinken-after-report-he-lied-to-congress-about-israel-blocking-aid-to-gaza/ |access-date=28 September 2024 |publisher=Council on American-Islamic Relations}}

On January 14, 2025, Blinken expressed his assessment that Hamas had recruited almost as many new members as it had lost in the Israel-Hamas war and that this was due to Benjamin Netanyahu's refusal to advance an alternative to Hamas leadership in Gaza.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/blinken-we-assess-that-hamas-has-recruited-almost-as-many-new-fighters-as-it-has-lost/|title=Blinken: We assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new fighters as it has lost|last=Magid|first=Jacob|publisher=The Times of Israel|date=January 14, 2025|accessdate=January 15, 2025}} In that same speech, Blinken was interrupted by three protesters who reiterated the common sobriquet "Bloody Blinken" and referred to him as the "Secretary of Genocide".{{Cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Simon |last2=Psaledakis |first2=Daphne |last3=Pamuk |first3=Humeyra |date=2025-01-14 |title=Blinken lays out post-war Gaza plan to be handed to Trump team |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/blinken-says-plan-post-war-gaza-will-be-handed-over-trump-administration-2025-01-14/}}{{Cite news |date=2025-01-14 |title='Secretary of genocide': Blinken speech on Middle East interrupted by protester – video |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2025/jan/14/secretary-of-genocide-blinken-speech-on-middle-east-interrupted-by-protester-video |access-date=2025-01-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |agency=Reuters}} During his final press conference as Secretary of State, journalists Max Blumenthal and Sam Husseini were forcefully removed after asking questions about Gaza policy.{{Cite magazine |last=Rashid |first=Hafiz |date=January 16, 2025 |title=Antony Blinken Kicks Out Journalist for Asking Questions About Gaza |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/190350/antony-blinken-journalist-questions-gaza |access-date=2025-01-16 |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583}}{{Cite news |last1=Psaledakis |first1=Daphne |last2=Pamuk |first2=Humeyra |last3=Chiacu |first3=Doina |date=January 16, 2025 |title=Journalists berate Blinken over Gaza policy at his final press conference |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hecklers-interrupt-blinken-over-gaza-policy-his-final-news-conference-2025-01-16/ |access-date=January 16, 2025 |work=Reuters}}

File:210414-D-XI929-1005 (51115721097).jpg, Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu, British FM Raab, Italian FM Di Maio, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg and U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin, April 2021]]

The decision to waive sanctions against Nord Stream AG and its chief executive Matthias Warnig, subsequent to the completion of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, drew congressional criticisms.{{cite news |last1=Zengerle |first1=Patricia |title=Blinken: U.S. able to mitigate Nord Stream 2 pipeline effects |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/blinken-us-working-with-germany-mitigate-nord-stream-2-effects-2021-06-07/ |work=Reuters |date=June 7, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201435/https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/blinken-us-working-with-germany-mitigate-nord-stream-2-effects-2021-06-07/ |url-status=live }} Blinken defended the action as pragmatic and practical to U.S. interests and remarked that proceeding otherwise would be counterproductive with European relations. In June 2021, Blinken traveled with Biden to attend the 47th G7 summit in Cornwall, the 31st NATO summit in Brussels, and the summit meeting with president Vladimir Putin in Geneva.{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Ned |url=https://www.state.gov/secretary-travel/travel-to-the-united-kingdom-belgium-and-switzerland-june-9-15-2021/ |title=Travel to the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Switzerland, June 9–15, 2021 |access-date=June 9, 2021 |date=June 9, 2021 |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612000550/https://www.state.gov/secretary-travel/travel-to-the-united-kingdom-belgium-and-switzerland-june-9-15-2021/ |url-status=live }} Blinken and Biden both acknowledged that relations between the U.S. and Russia were at their lowest point, and a more predictable relationship remained a key priority.{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Joseph |title=Blinken says U.S.-Russia relations at a low point going into summit |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/13/blinken-says-us-russia-relations-at-a-low-point-go/ |access-date=June 15, 2021 |work=The Washington Times |date=June 13, 2021 |archive-date=June 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615014608/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/13/blinken-says-us-russia-relations-at-a-low-point-go/ |url-status=live }} However, he signaled that further punitive actions would be enforced if the Russian government chose to continue with hostile activities such as interference in the 2020 presidential elections, the SolarWinds cyberattack, or the apparent poisoning and imprisonment of Alexei Navalny. Of the administration's decision to forgo a joint press conference after the summit, Blinken explained that it was "the most effective way" and "not a rare practice".{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Ned |url=https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-with-chris-wallace-of-fox-news-sunday |title=Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday |access-date=June 15, 2021 |date=June 13, 2021 |archive-date=June 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615030747/https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-with-chris-wallace-of-fox-news-sunday |url-status=live }}

Later that month, Blinken traveled to Brussels for a NATO Ministerial with European Union counterparts to underscore the Biden administration's determination to strengthen transatlantic alliances.

Blinken has been a co-chair of the Trade and Technology Council since its creation in 2021 to encourage trade relations with the European Union.{{Cite news |date=January 27, 2022 |title=EU Eyes May In-Person Meeting of U.S. Technology Council |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-27/eu-prepares-for-may-in-person-meeting-of-u-s-technology-council |access-date=September 5, 2022 |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518140853/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-27/eu-prepares-for-may-in-person-meeting-of-u-s-technology-council |url-status=live }}

File:Зустріч Президента України з Державним секретарем США 21.jpg in Kyiv in 2022. As Secretary of State, Blinken has been deeply involved in the American response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.]]

In January 2022, Blinken authorized the supply of weapons to Ukraine to support the Eastern European country in amid border tensions with Russia.{{Cite web|title=Blinken Authorizes Baltic Countries to Send US Weapons to Ukraine|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/blinken-authorizes-baltic-countries-to-send-us-weapons-to-ukraine/6408170.html|access-date=January 30, 2022|website=VOA|date=January 22, 2022 |language=en|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213095951/https://www.voanews.com/a/blinken-authorizes-baltic-countries-to-send-us-weapons-to-ukraine/6408170.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=January 22, 2022|title=US sends first military aid shipment to Ukraine amid Russia standoff|url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/01/22/us-sends-first-shipment-of-military-aid-to-ukraine-amid-standoff-with-russia|access-date=January 30, 2022|website=euronews|language=en|archive-date=March 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315013631/https://www.euronews.com/2022/01/22/us-sends-first-shipment-of-military-aid-to-ukraine-amid-standoff-with-russia|url-status=live}} At a joint press availability with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on January 19, Blinken said "One of the principles which you've heard us repeat – but it always bears repeating – is nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at a Joint Press Availability |url=https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-and-ukrainian-foreign-minister-dmytro-kuleba-at-a-joint-press-availability/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}} Blinken publicly warned on February 11 of the likelihood of a Russian invasion of Ukraine prior to the end the 2022 Winter Olympics{{cite news |title=Blinken says Russia could invade Ukraine during Olympics |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/blinken-confrontation-china-inevitable-82818331 |work=ABC News |date=February 11, 2022 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=August 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825232032/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/blinken-confrontation-china-inevitable-82818331 |url-status=live }} and on February 13, he said the risk was "high enough and the threat is imminent enough" that the evacuation of most staff from the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv was "the prudent thing to do".{{cite news |title=Ukraine tensions: US defends evacuating embassy as Zelensky urges calm |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60365017 |work=BBC News |date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213135332/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60365017 |url-status=live }} In September 2022, Blinken pledged that the United States would help the Ukrainian military retake Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.{{cite news |title=Blinken, in Kyiv, pledges to support Ukraine 'for as long as it takes' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/08/blinken-visit-kyiv-security-aid/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 8, 2022 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213100039/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/08/blinken-visit-kyiv-security-aid/ |url-status=live }} He criticized Vladimir Putin's threats to use nuclear weapons, saying that "Russia has gotten itself into the mess that it's in is because there is no one in the [autocratic] system to effectively tell Putin he's doing the wrong thing."{{cite news |title=Blinken: US has told Russia to 'stop the loose talk' on nuclear weapons |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/3660657-blinken-us-has-told-russia-to-stop-the-loose-talk-on-nuclear-weapons/ |work=The Hill |date=September 25, 2022 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213100231/https://thehill.com/policy/international/3660657-blinken-us-has-told-russia-to-stop-the-loose-talk-on-nuclear-weapons/ |url-status=live }}

Regarding the countries that decided to be neutral in the war between Russia and Ukraine, Blinken said that "It's pretty hard to be neutral when it comes to this aggression. There is a clear aggressor. There is a clear victim."{{cite news |title=Antony Blinken Tried to Convince China to Reject Russia. It Went About as Well as You'd Expect. |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/07/antony-blinken-tried-to-convince-china-to-reject-russia-it-went-about-as-well-as-youd-expect/ |work=Mother Jones |date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321054017/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/07/antony-blinken-tried-to-convince-china-to-reject-russia-it-went-about-as-well-as-youd-expect/ |url-status=live }}

Speaking about the 2022 Russian mobilization, he said that mobilized Russian civilians were being treated as "cannon fodder that Putin is trying to throw into the war."{{cite news |title=U.S., Russian Defense Ministers Discuss Ukraine Invasion In Rare Phone Call |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/shoigu-austin-call-ukraine-invasion-russia/32095155.html |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=October 21, 2022 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213095954/https://www.rferl.org/a/shoigu-austin-call-ukraine-invasion-russia/32095155.html |url-status=live }} On October 21, 2022, Blinken said the United States saw no willingness on the side of Russia to end its war in Ukraine by diplomatic means, despite American attempts.{{Cite news |date=October 21, 2022 |title=U.S. sees no evidence Russia is interested in ending Ukraine aggression - Blinken |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-sees-no-evidence-russia-is-interested-ending-ukraine-aggression-blinken-2022-10-21/ |access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213100020/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-sees-no-evidence-russia-is-interested-ending-ukraine-aggression-blinken-2022-10-21/ |url-status=live }} In late 2022, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley suggested that Ukraine should take advantage of battlefield gains in Kharkiv and Kherson to seek peace talks, however Blinken rejected this advice. Blinken questioned China's peace proposal, saying "the world should not be fooled by any tactical move by Russia, supported by China or any other country, to freeze the war on its own terms."{{cite news |title=Putin welcomes China's controversial proposals for peace in Ukraine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/21/putin-welcomes-chinas-controversial-proposals-for-peace-in-ukraine |work=The Guardian |date=March 21, 2023 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412202118/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/21/putin-welcomes-chinas-controversial-proposals-for-peace-in-ukraine |url-status=live }} In June 2023, he rejected any "cease-fire that simply freezes current lines in place".{{cite news |title=Blinken says no Ukraine cease-fire without a peace deal that includes Russia's withdrawal |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/03/blinken-says-no-ukraine-cease-fire-without-a-peace-deal-that-includes-russias-withdrawal.html |work=CNBC |date=June 3, 2023}} In July 2023, he defended Biden's decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions.{{cite news |title=Ukraine says cluster munitions will be 'game changer' against Russia |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-cluster-munitions-game-changer-russia-war/ |work=Politico |date=July 11, 2023}} In June 2024, Blinken said that China's support for Russia was prolonging the war in Ukraine.{{cite news |title=US, NATO urge China to 'stop' beefing Russia's defence amid Ukraine war |url=https://www.trtworld.com/europe/us-nato-urge-china-to-stop-beefing-russias-defence-amid-ukraine-war-18174612 |work=TRT World |date=June 18, 2024}}

Blinken spoke with the interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, whom the Biden administration continued to recognize as the country's head of state and not Nicolás Maduro.{{Cite web |title=Secretary Blinken's Call with Venezuelan Interim President Guaidó |url=https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinkens-call-with-venezuelan-interim-president-guaido/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320022704/https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinkens-call-with-venezuelan-interim-president-guaido/ |archive-date=March 20, 2021 |access-date=March 19, 2021 |publisher=United States Department of State |language=en}}

In May 2021, Blinken traveled to London and Reykjavík for the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' meeting and the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting respectively.{{cite web |date= |title=Travel to United Kingdom and Ukraine, May 3–6, 2021 |work=United States Department of State |url=https://www.state.gov/secretary-travel/travel-to-the-united-kingdom-and-ukraine-may-3-5-2021/ |access-date=April 25, 2021 }}{{cite web |date= |title=Travel to Denmark, Iceland, and Greenland, May 16–20, 2021 |work=United States Department of State |url=https://www.state.gov/secretary-travel/travel-to-denmark-iceland-and-greenland-may-16-20-2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517173644/https://www.state.gov/secretary-travel/travel-to-denmark-iceland-and-greenland-may-16-20-2021/ |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |access-date=May 17, 2021 }} In a meeting with president Volodymyr Zelensky and foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv, Blinken reaffirmed support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity against "Russian aggression".{{cite news |last1=Hansler |first1=Jennifer |date=May 6, 2021 |title=Blinken says US 'actively looking' at boosting security cooperation with Ukraine during trip to Kiev |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/06/politics/blinken-ukraine/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521225911/https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/06/politics/blinken-ukraine/index.html |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |work=CNN}} During the 2021 Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Blinken expressed support for Israel's right to defend itself but warned that evicting Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem is among the actions that could further escalate outbreaks of violence and retaliation. He, along with the United Nations Security Council, called for full adherence to the truce and stressed the immediate need for humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians while reiterating the need for a two-state solution.{{Cite web |date=May 22, 2021 |title=Egyptian mediators try to build on Israel-Hamas ceasefire |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-ceasefire-holding-egyptian-mediators-consult-hamas-israel-2021-05-22/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522194254/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-ceasefire-holding-egyptian-mediators-consult-hamas-israel-2021-05-22/ |archive-date=May 22, 2021 |access-date=May 23, 2021 |website=Reuters}} Following the ceasefire and coinciding Blinken's visit to Jerusalem on May 25, the transfer of food and medical supplies furnished by the United Nations and Physicians for Human Rights, aid workers, and journalists were permitted into the Gaza Strip.{{cite news |last1=Graham-Harrison |first1=Emma |last2=Borger |first2=Julian |date=May 25, 2021 |title='US to reopen Palestinian diplomatic mission in Jerusalem |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/25/us-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-says-rebuilding-gaza-should-not-benefit-hamas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526133826/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/25/us-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-says-rebuilding-gaza-should-not-benefit-hamas |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |access-date=May 27, 2021 |work=The Guardian}}

Blinken and the Biden administration have been criticized for the handling of Americans who are wrongfully imprisoned abroad. Families of U.S. detainees in the Middle East were upset that they were left off of a call with Secretary Blinken.{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2022 |title=Anger as families of US detainees in Middle East left off Blinken call |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/05/us-detainees-middle-east-antony-blinken-biden |access-date=July 29, 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213100025/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/05/us-detainees-middle-east-antony-blinken-biden |url-status=live }} In July 2022, Blinken had a meeting with Sergey Lavrov to discuss a prisoner swap to secure the release of Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner.{{Cite web |title=Blinken says he 'pressed' Lavrov on release of US prisoners |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/29/lavrov-confirms-call-request-from-blinken-regarding-prisoner-swap |access-date=July 29, 2022 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213100157/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/29/lavrov-confirms-call-request-from-blinken-regarding-prisoner-swap |url-status=live }} Blinken has met with the Bring Our Families Home campaign, a coalition of families with loved ones detained abroad.{{Cite web |last1=Atwood |first2=Jennifer |last2=Hansler |first1=Kylie |date=June 23, 2022 |title=Families of unlawfully detained Americans left with mixed emotions after Blinken tried to reassure them in call {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/22/politics/blinken-call-detained-americans-families-2022/index.html |access-date=October 22, 2022 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213100132/https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/22/politics/blinken-call-detained-americans-families-2022/index.html |url-status=live }}

Blinken, along with the work of Special Presidential Envoy of Hostage Affairs Roger D. Carstens, has negotiated the release of over a dozen Americans wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad including Trevor Reed, Danny Fenster, Baquer Namazi, the entire Citgo Six, Osman Khan, Matthew John Heath, Mark Frerichs, and Jorge Alberto Fernández.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

On September 24, 2024, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to recommend U.S. Secretary of State Blinken be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena seeking information about the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.{{cite web |last1=Zengerle |first1=Patricia |title=US House committee recommends contempt charge for Blinken |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-committee-recommends-contempt-charge-blinken-2024-09-24/ |publisher=Reuters |access-date=25 September 2024 |date=24 September 2024}} The full House of Representatives has not yet scheduled a vote on the committee's recommendation. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, commented that he expected the measure would likely not be taken up for a vote until after the presidential election.{{cite web |last1=Amiri |first1=Farnoush |last2=Lee |first2=Matthew |title=House Republicans advance contempt charges against Secretary Blinken over Afghanistan testimony |url=https://apnews.com/article/blinken-mccaul-afghanistan-withdrawal-kabul-trump-biden-harris-republican-0a496c8a30065e6773a1fcc60fdcd775 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=25 September 2024 |date=24 September 2024}}

On January 28, 2025, Crown Publishing Group announced that Blinken had agreed to write a book on his experiences as Secretary of State.{{cite web |last1=Italie |first1=Hillel |title=Antony Blinken has a deal for a book about his years as Joe Biden's secretary of state |url=https://apnews.com/article/antony-blinken-book-deal-secretary-of-state-a2ba744dee92a1263140a88d9d7fae9f |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=29 January 2025 |date=28 January 2025}}

On February 8, 2025, President Trump stated that he would be stripping Blinken's security clearance in an interview with the New York Post.{{Cite news |last1=Green |first1=Erica L. |last2=Meko |first2=Hurubie |last3=Feuer |first3=Alan |date=2025-02-09 |title=Trump to Revoke Security Clearances for Antony Blinken, Letitia James and Alvin Bragg |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/trump-blinken-james-bragg-security-clearances.html |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} The decision was later confirmed, with Trump ordering the removal of Blinken’s access to classified information. Trump also announced plans to revoke the security clearances of several other officials, including former President Joe Biden, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, and former national security adviser Jake Sullivan.{{Cite news |last=Betts |first=Anna |date=2025-02-10 |title=Trump revokes security clearance for Antony Blinken, calling him a 'bad guy' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/trump-revokes-antony-blinken-security-clearance |access-date=2025-02-11 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

On April 9, 2025, Blinken was interviewed by Andrew Ross Sorkin about the Tariffs in the second Trump administration, as well as other foreign policy matters.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuy7DwUIT2s |title=Watch CNBC's full interview with former Secretary of State Antony Blinken |date=2025-04-09 |publisher=CNBC Television |access-date=2025-04-10 |via=YouTube}}

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As foreign policy advisor to then 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, The New York Times described Blinken as "ha[ving] Biden's ear on policy issues".{{cite news|work=The New York Times|first=Thomas|last=Kaplan|date=October 30, 2020|page=A23|title=Who Has Biden's Ear on Policy Issues? A Largely Familiar Inner Circle|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/us/politics/joe-biden-advisers.html|access-date=December 1, 2020|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124002043/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/us/politics/joe-biden-advisers.html|url-status=live}} His foreign policy positions have been described as hawkish.{{cite web | url=https://inthesetimes.com/article/joe-biden-cabinet-war-militarism-antony-blinken-avril-haines | title=Biden's Foreign Policy Picks Are from the Hawkish National Security Blob. That is a Bad Sign | date=November 23, 2020 }} Blinken has asserted that "[Biden] would not tie military assistance to Israel to things like annexation or other decisions by the Israeli government with which we might disagree".{{cite news |last1=Dershowitz |first1=Toby |last2=Kittrie |first2=Orde |title=Biden blasts BDS: Why it matters |url=https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/biden-blasts-bds-why-it-matters-632301 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=June 21, 2020 |access-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716054354/https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/biden-blasts-bds-why-it-matters-632301 |url-status=live }} Blinken praised the Trump administration-brokered normalization agreements between Israel and Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.{{cite news |last1=Kornbluh|first1=Jacob |author-link1=Jacob Kornbluh |title=Tony Blinken's Biden spiel |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2020/10/tony-blinkens-biden-spiel/ |work=Jewish Insider |date=October 28, 2020 |access-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121045004/https://jewishinsider.com/2020/10/tony-blinkens-biden-spiel/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Lacy |first1=Akela |title=On Arms Sales to Dictators and the Yemen War, Progressives See a Way In With Biden |url=https://theintercept.com/2020/11/18/biden-arms-sales-yemen-war/ |work=The Intercept |date=November 18, 2020 |access-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122154027/https://theintercept.com/2020/11/18/biden-arms-sales-yemen-war/ |url-status=live }} On October 28, 2020, Blinken reaffirmed that a Biden administration will undertake strategic review of the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, ensuring that it advances U.S. interests and values.{{cite news|last1=Magid|first1=Jacob|title=Top Biden foreign policy adviser 'concerned' over planned F-35 sale to UAE |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-biden-foreign-policy-advisor-concerned-over-planned-f-35-sale-to-uae/|work=The Times of Israel |date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105171905/https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-biden-foreign-policy-advisor-concerned-over-planned-f-35-sale-to-uae/ |url-status=live }} In January 2021, Blinken has stated the Biden administration would keep the American embassy to Israel in Jerusalem and would seek a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.{{Cite news|date=January 19, 2021|title=Biden's State pick backs two-state solution, says US embassy stays in Jerusalem|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/bidens-state-pick-backs-two-state-solution-says-us-embassy-stays-in-jerusalem/|access-date=January 20, 2021|work=The Times of Israel|agency=Agence France-Presse|language=en-US|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120004809/https://www.timesofisrael.com/bidens-state-pick-backs-two-state-solution-says-us-embassy-stays-in-jerusalem/|url-status=live}}

Blinken is in favor of continuing non-nuclear sanctions against Iran and described it as "a strong hedge against Iranian misbehavior in other areas". He criticized former president Trump's withdrawal of the U.S. from the international nuclear agreement with Iran and expressed support for a "longer and stronger" nuclear deal.{{cite news |title=Biden to nominate Antony Blinken as US secretary of state |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/23/biden-to-nominate-antony-blinken-as-us-secretary-of-state |work=Al Jazeera |date=November 23, 2020 |access-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124201243/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/23/biden-to-nominate-antony-blinken-as-us-secretary-of-state |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Biden's First Foreign Policy Blunder Could Be on Iran |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-21/biden-s-first-foreign-policy-blunder-could-be-on-iran |work=Bloomberg|first=Eli|last=Lake |date=January 22, 2021 |access-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122080023/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-21/biden-s-first-foreign-policy-blunder-could-be-on-iran |url-status=live }} Blinken did not rule out a military intervention to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.{{cite news |title=Backing 'every' option against Iran, Blinken appears to nod at military action |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/backing-every-option-against-iran-blinken-appears-to-nod-at-military-action/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=October 14, 2021 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215100805/https://www.timesofisrael.com/backing-every-option-against-iran-blinken-appears-to-nod-at-military-action/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Blinken Declines to Rule Out Military Option Should Iran Nuclear Talks Fail |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-blinken-declines-to-rule-out-military-option-should-iran-nuclear-talks-fail-1.10341408 |work=Haaretz |date=October 31, 2021 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215100805/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-blinken-declines-to-rule-out-military-option-should-iran-nuclear-talks-fail-1.10341408 |url-status=live }}

Blinken has been critical of the Trump administration in aiding China to advance its own key strategic goals. He stated: "[Trump] weaken[ed] American alliances, leaving a vacuum in the world for China to fill, abandoning our values and giving China a green light to trample on human rights and democracy from Xinjiang to Hong Kong".{{cite news |last1=Galloway |first1=Anthony |title=Biden's pick for the next secretary of state is Australia's choice too |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/federal/biden-s-pick-for-the-next-secretary-of-state-is-australia-s-choice-too-20201123-p56h5j.html |work=Brisbane Times |date=November 23, 2020 |access-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124201243/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/federal/biden-s-pick-for-the-next-secretary-of-state-is-australia-s-choice-too-20201123-p56h5j.html |url-status=live }} However, he also credited the former president's administration for its aggressive approach and has characterized China as a "techno-autocracy" which seeks world dominance.{{Cite news|last1=Barnes|first1=Julian E.|last2=Jakes|first2=Lara|last3=Steinhauer|first3=Jennifer|date=January 20, 2021|title=In Confirmation Hearings, Biden Aides Indicate Tough Approach on China|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/avril-haines-antony-blinken-lloyd-austin.html|access-date=January 20, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120031628/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/avril-haines-antony-blinken-lloyd-austin.html|url-status=live}} He indicated a desire to welcome political refugees from Hong Kong and stated that the Biden administration's commitment to Taiwan's defense would "absolutely endure", and that China's use of military force against Taiwan "would be a grievous mistake on their part".{{Cite news|last=Fromer|first=Jacob|date=January 20, 2021|title=Top US diplomat nominee says Trump's China approach was right, tactics wrong|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3118412/antony-blinken-next-us-secretary-state-says-trumps-tough|access-date=January 20, 2021|work=South China Morning Post|language=en|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120034422/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3118412/antony-blinken-next-us-secretary-state-says-trumps-tough|url-status=live}} Blinken has also viewed China as committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in its northwestern region of Xinjiang.{{cite news |title=U.S. secretary of state nominee Blinken sees strong foundation for bipartisan China policy |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-state-china-idUSKBN29O2GB |publisher=Reuters |date=January 19, 2021 |access-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122170043/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-state-china-idUSKBN29O2GB |url-status=live }} Blinken has characterized former president Trump's Phase One trade deal with China as "a debacle".{{Cite news|last=Shalal|first=Andrea|date=September 22, 2020|title=Biden adviser says unrealistic to 'fully decouple' from China|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://ca.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-biden-idUSKCN26D1SM|access-date=November 25, 2020|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925150911/https://ca.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-biden-idUSKCN26D1SM|url-status=dead}} He said it was unrealistic to "fully decouple" from China and has expressed support for "stronger economic ties with Taiwan".{{Cite news|last=Thomas|first=Ken|date=November 23, 2020|title=Joe Biden Picks Antony Blinken for Secretary of State|language=en-US|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-picks-antony-blinken-for-secretary-of-state-11606100542|access-date=November 26, 2020|issn=0099-9660|id={{ProQuest|2462827440}}|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126053946/https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-picks-antony-blinken-for-secretary-of-state-11606100542|url-status=live}}

File:Secretary Blinken Meets with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman.jpg in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 7, 2023]]

Blinken has indicated American interest in robust ties between itself, Greece, Israel, and Cyprus regarding the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act and acknowledged the threats posed by an expansionist Turkey, which is "not acting like an ally".{{Cite news|title=US-Greece security relationship key to American interests in East Med, says Blinken|url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/261534/article/ekathimerini/news/us-greece-security-relationship-key-to-american-interests-in-east-med-says-blinken|access-date=January 23, 2021|work=Kathimerini|language=English|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122152551/https://www.ekathimerini.com/261534/article/ekathimerini/news/us-greece-security-relationship-key-to-american-interests-in-east-med-says-blinken|url-status=live}} He opposed Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's call for "a two-state solution in Cyprus", saying the Biden administration is committed to the reunification of Cyprus.{{cite tweet|user=ABlinken|number=1321174228192952320|title=We regret calls by Turkish President Erdogan and Turkish Cypriot leader Tatar for a two-state solution in Cyprus. Joe Biden has long expressed support for a bizonal, bicommunal federation that ensures peace and prosperity for all Cypriots|date=October 27, 2020}} Blinken has also suggested that he would consider sanctioning the Erdoğan administration.{{cite news|date=January 20, 2021|title=US secretary of state nominee Blinken says Turkey not acting like an ally|work=Kathimerini|url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/261428/article/ekathimerini/news/us-secretary-of-state-nominee-blinken-says-turkey-not-acting-like-an-ally|access-date=January 23, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120182623/https://www.ekathimerini.com/261428/article/ekathimerini/news/us-secretary-of-state-nominee-blinken-says-turkey-not-acting-like-an-ally|url-status=live}} Blinken reaffirmed his support of keeping NATO's door open for Georgia, a country in the Caucasus, and raised the argument that NATO member countries have been more effectively shielded from "Russian aggression".[https://civil.ge/archives/391935 Secretary-designate Blinken Says NATO Door Shall Remain Open to Georgia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122203420/https://civil.ge/archives/391935 |date=January 22, 2021 }}, Civil Georgia

Blinken expressed his support of extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia to limit the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads.{{cite news |last1=Pifer |first1=Steven |title=Reviving nuclear arms control under Biden |url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/01/reviving-nuclear-arms-control-under-biden/ |work=Brookings Institution |date=December 1, 2020 |access-date=December 3, 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201173216/https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/01/reviving-nuclear-arms-control-under-biden/ |url-status=live }} Blinken said the Biden administration will "review" security assistance to Azerbaijan due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and voiced his support for "the provision to Armenia of security assistance".{{cite news |title=Incoming US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voices support for Armenia and Republic of Artsakh |url=https://en.armradio.am/2021/01/22/incoming-us-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-voices-support-for-armenia-and-republic-of-artsakh/ |work=Public Radio of Armenia |date=January 22, 2021 |access-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122055617/https://en.armradio.am/2021/01/22/incoming-us-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-voices-support-for-armenia-and-republic-of-artsakh/ |url-status=live }}

File:President Joe Biden and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.jpg on July 16, 2022]]

Blinken opposed the United Kingdom's separation from the European Union and referred to it as a "total mess" with consequences adverse to U.S. interest.{{Cite news|last=Borger|first=Julian|author-link=Julian Borger|date=November 23, 2020|title=Antony Blinken: Biden's secretary of state nominee is sharp break with Trump era|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/23/antony-blinken-joe-biden-secretary-of-state-appointee-is-sharp-break-with-trump-era|access-date=November 24, 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124201820/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/23/antony-blinken-joe-biden-secretary-of-state-appointee-is-sharp-break-with-trump-era|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Colson |first1=Thomas |title=Joe Biden's Secretary of State pick Tony Blinken said Brexit was like a dog being run over by a car and a 'total mess' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-bidens-secretary-of-state-pick-tony-blinken-brexit-mess-2020-11 |work=Business Insider |date=November 3, 2020 |access-date=June 15, 2021 |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614230950/https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-bidens-secretary-of-state-pick-tony-blinken-brexit-mess-2020-11 |url-status=live }} Blinken expressed concern over perceived human rights violations in Egypt under the presidency of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.{{cite news |last1=Dettmer |first1=Jamie |title=Egyptian Suspects in Murder of Italian Student Likely to Face In-Absentia Trial |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/europe_egyptian-suspects-murder-italian-student-likely-face-absentia-trial/6198750.html |work=Voice of America |date=November 24, 2020 |access-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124164643/https://www.voanews.com/europe/egyptian-suspects-murder-italian-student-likely-face-absentia-trial |url-status=live }} He condemned the arrest of three employees for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights organization, saying that "meeting with foreign diplomats is not a crime. Nor is peacefully advocating for human rights."{{cite news |title=Biden aide Blinken voices concern about rights group in Egypt |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-rights-biden/biden-aide-blinken-voices-concern-about-rights-group-in-egypt-idUSKBN2802UJ |work=Reuters |date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127052719/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-rights-biden/biden-aide-blinken-voices-concern-about-rights-group-in-egypt-idUSKBN2802UJ |url-status=live }} Referring to the re-instated Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, declared by the Taliban following their 2021 capture of Kabul, Blinken has stated that the United States will not recognize any government that harbors terrorist groups or that does not uphold basic human rights.{{Cite web|last=Iqbal|first=Anwar|date=August 16, 2021|title=US to recognise Taliban only if they respect basic rights, says Blinken|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1640919|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|archive-date=August 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816023605/https://www.dawn.com/news/1640919|url-status=live}}

During a visit to Tel Aviv following the Hamas attack on Israel, Blinken promised to help defend Israel "as long as America exists." Blinken said that "Israel has the right, indeed the obligation, to defend itself and to ensure that this never happens again."{{cite news |title=Blinken pledges US will never falter from supporting Israel as he likens Hamas' crimes to ISIS |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/12/politics/blinken-israel-visit/index.html |work=CNN |date=October 12, 2023 |first1=Jennifer |last1=Hansler |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113110810/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/12/politics/blinken-israel-visit/index.html |archive-date= November 13, 2023 }} He rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza war but said he supported "humanitarian pauses" to deliver aid to the people of the Gaza Strip.{{cite news |title=What's behind Antony Blinken's call for 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/4/whats-behind-antony-blinkens-call-for-humanitarian-pauses-in-gaza |first1=Ali |last1=Harb |work=Al Jazeera |date=November 4, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216060007/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/4/whats-behind-antony-blinkens-call-for-humanitarian-pauses-in-gaza |archive-date= December 16, 2023 }} Supporters of the Palestinian cause established an encampment outside Blinken's home in McLean, Virginia, named 'Kibbutz Blinken.'{{Cite web |last1=Sennett |first1=Ellie |last2=Issawy |first2=Ahmed |date=February 12, 2024 |title='Kibbutz Blinken': Meet the pro-Palestine protesters occupying Secretary of State's street |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2024/02/12/kibbutz-blinken-meet-the-pro-palestine-protesters-occupying-secretary-of-states-street/ |access-date=February 13, 2024 |website=The National |language=en}}

In 2017, Blinken co-founded WestExec Advisors, a political strategy advising firm, with Michèle Flournoy, Sergio Aguirre, and Nitin Chadda.{{Cite web |date=October 19, 2017 |title=Michèle Flournoy |url=http://westexec.com/michele-flournoy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115043525/https://westexec.com/michele-flournoy/ |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |access-date=May 22, 2020 |publisher=WestExec Advisors |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=January 11, 2016 |title=Our Team |url=http://westexec.com/our-team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510203137/http://westexec.com/our-team/ |archive-date=May 10, 2020 |access-date=May 22, 2020 |publisher=WestExec Advisors |language=en}} WestExec's clients have included Google's Jigsaw, Israeli artificial-intelligence company Windward, surveillance drone manufacturer Shield AI, which signed a $7.2{{spaces}}million contract with the Air Force,{{Cite news |last1=Lipton |first1=Eric |last2=Vogel |first2=Kenneth P. |date=November 28, 2020 |title=Biden Aides' Ties to Consulting and Investment Firms Pose Ethics Test |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/us/politics/biden-westexec.html |url-status=live |access-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128161047/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/us/politics/biden-westexec.html |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} and "Fortune 100 types".{{Cite news |last=Guyer |first=Jonathan |date=July 6, 2020 |title=How Biden's Foreign-Policy Team Got Rich |language=en-US |work=The American Prospect |url=https://prospect.org/world/how-biden-foreign-policy-team-got-rich/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718082955/https://prospect.org/world/how-biden-foreign-policy-team-got-rich/ |archive-date=July 18, 2020}} According to Foreign Policy, the firm's clientele includes "the defense industry, private equity firms, and hedge funds".{{Cite web |last1=Detsch |first1=Jack |last2=Gramer |first2=Robbie |date=November 23, 2020 |title=Biden's Likely Defense Secretary Pick Flournoy Faces Progressive Pushback |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/23/biden-defense-pentagon-flournoy-iraq-afghanistan-yemen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125032319/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/23/biden-defense-pentagon-flournoy-iraq-afghanistan-yemen/ |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |access-date=November 25, 2020 |work=Foreign Policy}} Blinken received almost $1.2{{spaces}}million in compensation from WestExec.{{Cite news |last1=Vogel |first1=Kenneth P. |author-link1=Kenneth P. Vogel |last2=Lipton |first2=Eric |author-link2=Eric Lipton |date=January 2, 2021 |title=Washington Has Been Lucrative for Some on Biden's Team |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/us/politics/yellen-speaking-fees-disclosure.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112031549/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/us/politics/yellen-speaking-fees-disclosure.html |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}

In an interview with The Intercept, Flournoy described WestExec's role as facilitating relationships between Silicon Valley firms and the Department of Defense and law enforcement;{{Cite news |last=Fang |first=Lee |author-link=Lee Fang |date=July 22, 2018 |title=Former Obama Officials Help Silicon Valley Pitch the Pentagon for Lucrative Defense Contracts |language=en-US |work=The Intercept |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/07/22/google-westexec-pentagon-defense-contracts/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515133817/https://theintercept.com/2018/07/22/google-westexec-pentagon-defense-contracts/ |archive-date=May 15, 2020}} Flournoy and others compared WestExec to Kissinger Associates.{{Cite news |last1=Shorrock |first1=Tim |date=September 21, 2020 |title=Progressives Slam Biden's Foreign Policy Team |work=The Nation |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-trump-war-military/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125093645/https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-trump-war-military/ |archive-date=November 25, 2020}}

Blinken, as well as other Biden transition team members Michele Flournoy, former Pentagon advisor, and Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense, are partners of private equity firm Pine Island Capital Partners,{{Cite web |title=Antony Blinken |work=Pine Island Capital Partners |url=https://pineislandcp.com/team/antony-blinken/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809124828/https://pineislandcp.com/team/antony-blinken/ |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=May 22, 2020 |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last1=Ackerman |first1=Spencer |author-link1=Spencer Ackerman |last2=Markay |first2=Lachlan |last3=Schactman |first3=Noah |date=December 8, 2020 |title=Firm Tied to Team Biden Looks to Cash In On COVID Response |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/firm-tied-to-biden-contenders-tony-blinken-lloyd-austin-michele-flournoy-looks-to-cash-in-on-covid-response |url-status=live |access-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212113800/https://www.thedailybeast.com/firm-tied-to-biden-contenders-tony-blinken-lloyd-austin-michele-flournoy-looks-to-cash-in-on-covid-response |archive-date=December 12, 2020}} a strategic partner of WestExec.{{Cite web |date=November 28, 2020 |title=The Revolving Door: Biden's National Security Nominees Cashed In on Government Service – and Now They're Back |url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/28/revolving-door-bidens-national-security-nominees-want-back-after-cashing-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129025607/https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/28/revolving-door-bidens-national-security-nominees-want-back-after-cashing-out |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |access-date=November 29, 2020 |website=Common Dreams |language=en}} Pine Island's chairman is John Thain, the final chairman of Merrill Lynch before its sale to Bank of America.{{Cite web |title=Team |work=Pine Island Capital Partners |url=https://pineislandcp.com/team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809134634/https://pineislandcp.com/team/ |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=May 22, 2020 |language=en-US}} Blinken went on leave from Pine Island in August 2020 to join the Biden campaign as a senior foreign policy advisor. He said he would divest himself of his equity stake in Pine Island if confirmed for a position in the Biden administration.

During the final stretch of Biden's presidential campaign, Pine Island raised $218{{spaces}}million for a special-purpose acquisition company, a public offering to invest in "defense, government service and aerospace industries" and COVID-19 relief, which the firm's prospectus (initially filed with the U.S. SEC in September and finalized on November 13, 2020) predicted would be profitable as the government looked to private contractors to address the pandemic. Thain said he chose the other partners because of their "access, network and expertise".

In a December 2020 New York Times article raising questions about potential conflicts of interest between WestExec principals, Pine Island advisors, including Blinken, and service in the Biden administration, critics called for full disclosure of all WestExec/Pine Island financial relationships, divestiture of ownership stakes in companies bidding on government contracts or enjoying existing contracts, and assurances that Blinken and others recuse themselves from decisions that might advantage their previous clients.

Blinken is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations{{cite web |title=Membership Roster |url=https://www.cfr.org/membership/roster |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208024844/https://www.cfr.org/membership-roster-g-k |archive-date=February 8, 2019 |access-date=November 23, 2020 |website=Council on Foreign Relations}} and was previously a global affairs analyst for CNN.{{Cite news |title=Antony J. Blinken |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/column/antony-j-blinken |url-status=live |access-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123161336/https://www.nytimes.com/column/antony-j-blinken |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web |date=2017 |title=Tony Blinken – Spring 2017 Resident Fellow |url=http://politics.uchicago.edu/fellows-program/fellow/tony-blinken |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408171420/http://politics.uchicago.edu/fellows-program/fellow/tony-blinken |archive-date=April 8, 2017 |access-date=April 8, 2017 |publisher=University of Chicago Institute of Politics}}

From 2017 to 2019, Blinken served as the managing director of the Penn Biden Center, a University of Pennsylvania think tank based in Washington.{{Cite news | last = Associated Press | date = January 29, 2023 | title = Classified docs probe pushes Biden think tank into spotlight | url = https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-classified-documents-think-tanks-14fd693c967e4422b0f6328e03cea189 | newspaper = AP News | access-date = September 1, 2023 }} During this time he published several articles on foreign policy and the Trump administration.

In general, Blinken is widely seen as a close protégé of Joe Biden and a key part of the Biden administration’s legacy. He has received praise for his role in attempting to strengthen the United States’ international partnerships, particularly with Europe and NATO allies.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Blinken has faced criticism for elements of foreign policy enacted during the Biden years, particularly the Afghanistan withdrawal, the lead-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Israel’s assault on Gaza in response to the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel.{{Cite news |last=Garcia-Navarro |first=Lulu |date=2025-01-04 |title=Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/magazine/antony-blinken-interview.html |access-date=2025-05-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Critics and detractors of Blinken have pointed to the Biden administration’s support for Israeli policy in Gaza as a violation of human rights, given that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the subject of an International Criminal Court warrant and the International Court of Justice is investigating his government for "plausible genocide."{{Cite web |title=Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant |url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-rejects-state-israels-challenges |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=www.icc-cpi.int |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Order of 26 January 2024 |url=https://www.icj-cij.org/node/203447 |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=www.icj-cij.org}}

Some State Department employees resigned in protest during Blinken’s tenure, citing the emotional burden of working under him. One official stated: “I got so tired of writing about dead kids.... Just constantly having to prove to Washington that these children actually died and then watching nothing happen.”{{Cite news |last=Gedeon |first=Joseph |date=2024-12-18 |title=‘Tired of writing about dead kids’: why a US state department worker resigned over Israel-Gaza policy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/state-department-employee-resigns-israel-gaza |access-date=2025-05-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Activists have referred to him as “Bloody Blinken,” “The Butcher of Gaza,” and “The Secretary of Genocide,”{{Cite news |last=Garcia |first=Erik |date=21 May 2024 |title=‘Butcher of Gaza’: Blinken faces grilling about Biden’s Israel policy from protesters and Senators |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/tony-blinken-senate-committee-hearing-b2548890.html |work=The Independent}}{{Cite news |last=Jimison |first=Robert |date=2024-05-21 |title=Pro-Palestinian protesters heckle Blinken as he testifies on Capitol Hill. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/world/middleeast/pro-palestinian-protesters-heckle-blinken-as-he-testified-on-capitol-hill.html |access-date=2025-05-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} and took the step of setting up a permanent protest camp outside his Northern Virginia home.{{Cite web |title=‘Kibbutz Blinken’: Activists camp outside secretary’s home, accuse him of genocide |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/occupy-blinken-activists-camp-outside-secretarys-home-to-accuse-him-of-genocide/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}

When asked directly in a New York Times interview if he worried that he had presided over what the world would see as a genocide, Blinken responded: “No. It’s not, first of all. Second, as to how the world sees it, I can’t fully answer to that. But everyone has to look at the facts and draw their own conclusions from those facts.”

In public opinion polling, 26% of respondents reported a favorable or very favorable opinion of Blinken, 31% had a somewhat or very unfavorable opinion, and 44% had no opinion at all in a poll conducted in December 2023.{{Cite web |title=Favorability Antony Blinken U.S. 2023 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427589/favorability-antony-blinken-us/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Statista |language=en}}

File:Secretary Blinken performs during the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative Launch (53220710805).jpg launch, playing left-handed on a Fender Stratocaster.]]

Blinken is Jewish.{{Cite news|last1=Kaplan|first1=Allison|title=Long-time Biden aide Blinken most likely choice for secretary of state|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/long-time-biden-aide-blinken-most-likely-choice-for-secretary-of-state-1.9323435|date=November 22, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2020|work=Haaretz|language=en|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124201322/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/long-time-biden-aide-blinken-most-likely-choice-for-secretary-of-state-1.9323435|url-status=live}} In 2002, Blinken and Evan Ryan were married in an interfaith ceremony officiated by a rabbi and a priest at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, D.C.{{cite news|title=WEDDINGS; Evan Ryan, Antony Blinken|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/style/weddings-evan-ryan-antony-blinken.html|access-date=September 28, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 3, 2002|archive-date=December 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207094800/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/style/weddings-evan-ryan-antony-blinken.html|url-status=live}} They have two children, a son John born in March 2019 and a daughter Lila born in February 2020.{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2019/03/13/a-look-at-the-white-houses-top-priority-usmca-408960 | title=POLITICO Playbook PM: A look at the White House's top priority: USMCA | website=Politico | date=March 13, 2019 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2020/03/05/mcconnell-to-denounce-schumer-on-the-senate-floor-488482 | title=POLITICO Playbook: McConnell to denounce Schumer on the Senate floor | website=Politico | date=March 5, 2020 }} Blinken is fluent in French,{{Cite news|last=Sevastopulo|first=Demetri|date=November 23, 2020|title=Biden's 'alter ego' Antony Blinken tipped for top foreign policy job|url=https://www.ft.com/content/99dc4c74-4292-4e34-b66a-82857918d151|url-status=live|website=Financial Times|access-date=November 23, 2020|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124201305/https://www.ft.com/content/99dc4c74-4292-4e34-b66a-82857918d151}} and left-handed.{{cite news |title=WATCH: Blinken and Czech Foreign Minister Lipavsky sign NATO accord to combat Russian misinformation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7BhAJcctic |agency=YouTube |publisher=PBS NewsHour |date=May 30, 2024}}

Blinken plays the guitar and has three songs available on Spotify by the alias Ablinken{{Cite magazine|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=November 23, 2020|title=Yes, Biden's Secretary of State Hopeful Antony Blinken Has a Band|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/biden-antony-blinken-secretary-of-state-band-1094059/|url-status=live|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=November 23, 2020|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124201319/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/biden-antony-blinken-secretary-of-state-band-1094059/}} (pronounced "Abe Lincoln").{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/11/28/939737441/music-review-secretary-of-state-pick-anthony-blinken |title=Music Review: Secretary of State Pick Antony Blinken |newspaper=NPR |series=All Things Considered |first1=Stephen |last1=Thompson |first2=Michel |last2=Martin |date=November 28, 2020 |access-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125112102/https://www.npr.org/2020/11/28/939737441/music-review-secretary-of-state-pick-anthony-blinken |url-status=live }} Blinken gave a cover performance of "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters in September 2023 to launch the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative at the State Department, the video of which went viral.{{Cite news |title=US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sings the blues |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66918555 |date=September 28, 2023}}{{Cite news |last=Crowley |first=Michael |date=October 2, 2023 |title=When Mr. Secretary Loves to Rock |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/us/politics/antony-blinken-guitar-state-department.html |access-date=December 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002184711/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/us/politics/antony-blinken-guitar-state-department.html |archive-date=October 2, 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Blinken sings for musical diplomacy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/blinken-sings-for-musical-diplomacy/2023/09/28/7a1d042c-1732-4128-b941-988fae01bb38_video.html |access-date=December 5, 2023 |website=www.washingtonpost.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kurtz |first=Judy |date=September 28, 2023 |title=Blinken kicks off State Deparment [sic] music diplomacy initiative with his own performance |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4227757-blinken-kicks-off-state-dept-music-diplomacy-initiative-with-his-own-performance/ |access-date=December 5, 2023 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}} Another widely publicized performance took place in May 2024 in a bar in Kyiv, Ukraine where he played rhythm guitar on the Neil Young song, Rockin' in the Free World, during the first visit by a Biden administration official since the approval of U.S. supplemental funding for Ukraine's struggle against Russia.{{Cite news |first=Lianne|last=Kolirin|date=May 25, 2024|title=Blinken plays 'Rockin' in the Free World' in Kyiv bar|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/15/europe/blinken-rockin-free-world-scli-intl|access-date=May 15, 2024|work=CNN|language=en}}

• Columbia Law School's Medal for Excellence (2016){{cite web |title=Two Distinguished Alumni Are Honored for Excellence

|url=https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/two-distinguished-alumni-are-honored-excellence |website=Colombia Law School |access-date=22 November 2024 |language=en}}

• Wash100 Award (2021){{cite web |title=Secretary of State Antony Blinken Named to 2021 Wash100 for Protecting US National Security; Driving International Alliances |url=https://www.govconwire.com/2021/03/secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-named-to-2021-wash100-for-protecting-u-s-national-security-driving-international-alliances/ |website=GovConWire |date=March 15, 2021 |access-date=22 November 2024 |language=en}}

• {{Cite journal |last=Blinken |first=Antony |date=October 1, 2024 |title=America's Strategy of Renewal |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/antony-blinken-americas-strategy-renewal-leadership-new-world |journal=Foreign Affairs}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Blinken|first=Antony J.|date=December 2003|title=From Preemption to Engagement|journal=Survival|language=en|volume=45|issue=4|pages=33–60|doi=10.1080/00396330312331343576|s2cid=154077314|issn=0039-6338}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Blinken|first=Antony J.|date=June 2002|title=Winning the War of Ideas|journal=The Washington Quarterly|language=en|volume=25|issue=2|pages=101–114|doi=10.1162/01636600252820162|s2cid=154183240|issn=0163-660X}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Blinken|first=Antony J.|date=2001|title=The False Crisis Over the Atlantic|journal=Foreign Affairs|language=en|volume=80|issue=3|pages=35–48|doi=10.2307/20050149|jstor=20050149}}
• {{Cite book|last1=Blinken|first1=Antony J.|title=Ally versus Ally: America, Europe, and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis|year=1987|publisher=Praeger|isbn=0-275-92410-6|location=New York|oclc=14359172}}

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• [https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nominations-011921 Confirmation hearing for U.S. Secretary of State] from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (January 19, 2021)
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