Antony Blinken

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Washington.

Pompeo meets with Antony Blinken ‘to facilitate an orderly transition’ to Biden administration

Joel Gehrke · January 8, 2021 8:15 pm

Beltway Confidential

At confirmation hearing, Anthony Blinken should explain Iran hostage left behind

Michael Rubin · December 7, 2020 5:16 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the media during a press conference in London after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Friday, March 14, 2014. Kerry arrived in London Friday, for his last meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before the Crimea vote.

Joe Biden’s national security picks are great news — for China

Washington Examiner · November 27, 2020 5:00 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Wait for Biden’s team to take action before calling them superheroes

Daniel DePetris · November 25, 2020 8:54 pm

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un looks at the news media during a photo session during a expanded bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Singapore.

Beltway Confidential

How Joe Biden should approach North Korea

Tom Rogan · November 25, 2020 8:45 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with U.S Vice President Biden, left, as they pose for photos at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Lintao Zhang, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

How China aims to use 'elites' to earn Biden's appeasement

Tom Rogan · November 25, 2020 7:10 pm

President Joe Biden signed an executive order in January imposing an indefinite pause on issuing new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters, a step toward fulfilling a major campaign promise as part of his aggressive agenda to address climate change.

‘That is a big change’: Pundits laud Biden administration appointments for not being ‘political’

Andrew Mark Miller · November 25, 2020 5:10 pm

The latest purge is especially notable in that it shows bin Salman believes the Saudi military needs dramatic improvement. (Saudi Press Agency via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Will Biden see the Saudis and UAE turn to China and Russia?

Tom Rogan · November 25, 2020 5:08 pm

Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Blinken emailed with Hunter Biden about meeting to provide ‘advice’

Zach Halaschak · November 24, 2020 9:22 pm

Franklin D. Roosevelt, arriving at Town Hall, Hyde Park, New York, one mile from his home, to vote November 6, 1928. (AP Photo)

Biden puts premium on Cabinet choices’ ability to be confirmed, early picks show

Joseph Simonson · November 24, 2020 9:06 pm

National Security

Biden urges speedy confirmation for national security team as GOP grumbles

Rob Crilly · November 24, 2020 8:39 pm

Biden tries to cast government veterans as ‘re-imagining’ foreign policy for ‘next generation’

Emily Brooks · November 24, 2020 7:38 pm