The United States must prioritize investing in domestic infrastructure and innovation at home in order to compete abroad against foreign rivals, including China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday. Blinken, speaking at the University of Maryland, sought to establish that long-term domestic investment is critical to strengthen the nation’s national security and foreign policy, saying it…
US Must Invest in Domestic Infrastructure, Innovation to Compete Against China: Blinken
Blinken Finds Common Ground With India on Afghanistan
NEW DELHI—Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken visited India for the first time on July 27 and 28 and discussed with the Indian administration many global issues of common interest, including the situation unfolding in Afghanistan. Geo-political analysts told The Epoch Times that the statements from both sides reflect the common thinking India and the…
Blinken Meets Egypt’s Sisi as US Seeks to Secure Gaza Ceasefire
CAIRO—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met top officials in Cairo on Wednesday during a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up a ceasefire that ended the worst fighting in years between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza. Egypt has longstanding relations with both sides in the conflict and played a key role…
Blinken Pledges US Support to Rebuild Gaza, Prevent Return to War
JERUSALEM—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged on a Middle East mission on Tuesday that Washington would rally support to rebuild Gaza as part of efforts to bolster a ceasefire between its Hamas terrorist rulers and Israel. But Blinken made clear that the United States intended to ensure that Hamas, which it regards as a…
US, Europe Weigh Sanctions After Belarus Diverts Plane and Arrests Journalist
May 24, 2021
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U.S. and European officials said they are coordinating sanctions against Belarus after its authorities arrested a prominent opposition journalist from a plane diverted to the country with a bomb alert on Monday. The flight, from Irish budget airline Ryanair, was on its way to Vilnius, Lithuania from Athens, Greece, when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered a fighter jet to…
US Senators Say Mongolia’s Democracy Is Under Threat
May 10, 2021
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U.S. senators have expressed concern about the current political situation in Mongolia, writing to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken last week, urging the State Department to make its voice heard. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Budget Allocation Committee, wrote in the…
West Must Be ‘Very Careful’ About Chinese Investment, Blinken Says
May 6, 2021
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LONDON—Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State, said the West has to be very careful about the exact nature of Chinese investment in Western economies and give careful consideration to investments in strategic assets. China’s spectacular economic and military rise over the past 40 years is among the most significant geopolitical events of recent history, alongside the…
Blinken’s NATO Speech Takes Strong Stance Against the CCP
Commentary In his NATO speech, Secretary of State Antony Blinken used the word “threat” 30 times and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 16 times. He stressed Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, indicating European countries should join forces with the United States to deal with the CCP. A lot of things happened this past week….
Yang Jiechi’s 17-Minute Talk in Alaska Breaks Biden’s Strategic Balance With China
March 29, 2021
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Commentary During the U.S.-China talks in Alaska on March 18 and 19, Yang Jiechi, a member of the CCP’s Politburo and director of the Foreign Affairs Office, gave a tough speech to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s team. In his speech, there were several paragraphs on “international order,” which were key and revealed a…
Pompeo: Rejoining Iran Deal Would Make America, Middle East Less Secure
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday warned the Biden administration against rejoining the nuclear deal with Iran, calling it a “crappy deal” that would harm the security of the United State and the Middle East. “The Iranians understand strength. They understand power. They understand resolve. We demonstrated that. And when we did,…
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