European vetoes puts power in the hands of the most corruptible minority. Insane way to run anything.

Thank you for this. Blinken 2028!

A good talker, but an incompetent strategic thinker.

Blinken the Butcher of Gaza. A Criminal of War. He lied to the Congress about Israel not blocking aid in Gaza to keep sending weapons to kill defenseless palestinian children. Im sure you'll talk about this in your very not biased podcast. Sickening individual

This man has not put America “back in a position of strength.” His reckless foreign policy ventures have brought the world perilously close to nuclear annihilation by provoking a war with Russia. A war that we/NATO are clearly losing and wasting 100s of billions of dollars , likely a million lives and 20% of Ukraine. He’s also a critical cog in the machinery that feeds a savage genocide in Gaza and who applauds the leader Netanyahu incessantly. His policy decisions have isolated the USA from world markets and hastened the rise of BRICS, which is set to depose the dollar as the world’s default currency. And I haven’t mentioned the alliance with AQ in Syria to put that country at risk of further chaos and bloodshed. What a disaster of a diplomat he is. I mourn the fact that, representing the behest of the Democratic Party, he helped solidify that party’s devolution into a nakedly war hungry and delusional relic.

Thank you for that interview!

The man should be charge with war crimes

All BS! Chinese aggression is a lie, it is US aggression!

Excellent questions from Dan, and equally insightful responses from Secretary Blinken. It's a pity that, in my view, the current U.S societal climate lacks the capacity to acknowledge the efforts - and ensuing results - that the Biden administration has made with respect to the foreign affairs policy agenda. This Australian greatly appreciates the opportunity to digest this interview. Happy holidays!

"REVISIONIST POWERS" - could subdue HUBRIS and COWARDICE simultaneously with one strike.

Suxh a great diplomat!

Great insights and discussion!

Or they're not looking to be "popular" but they are responding to perceived in injustice, repair societal wrongs or ... . Journalists sum up events erroneously or recklessly on a regular basis these days like calling killing of health care executive an assassination instead of pre-meditated homicide. They'd never refer to the thousands of murderers as assasins, they're plain old murderers even if pre-meditated. Journalists sets standards bases on poor journalism everyday.

Why Trump-Musk want to install Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth on top of the US intel and military is exact what Trump, Musk, Putin and Xi together decided to do: share the best intel among Moscow, DC, Beijing since 2025. Why? Because they want to split the world into zones of their dominance. Why? Because they know that they won't be able to reign forever if democracies remain somewhere. Musk and Trump with the help of Russia and China are already threatening democracies in Canada, the UK, EU, Australia... Give Ukraine 1000 ATACMS missiles in December 2024! She is alone now fighting for Europe and the West (although Europe and West can't understand it).

Crazy guest this week

Still outsourcing jobs to China.

I understand what Mr. Blinken says, it's his job and he has to do it whight. I respect his position but I don't have to believe in what he says or trust his intentions. I remember the time of the old Soviet Union. We all lived in fear that Comunism and the Soviet Union where goin to take over the world, destroy our democracies, ruin our prosperity by dispossessing us all and take away our social freedoms and our only guarantee for that not to happen was the US and NATO. Moving foward to the present we can all se that the USSR has colapsed into inexistence, Comunism today, for those who can remember it, is an old, failed and ineficient economic system, it just doesn't work. The Warsaw Pact has been dissolved and no longer pose a military treat to Europe or any other country. The Berlin Wall has fallen, Germany is reunified into a proud and prosperous democracy, the countries that once where inside the Iron Curtin are now members of the EU and the EU is a force for good attracting millions of immigrants who want to share in western prosperity. What is the problem now?!! Russia is too proud? The Chinese are too clever and industrious? The oil in the ME has to belong to the US don't matter what tragedies are brought upon the local population? The US big tech have to have total licence to brainwash our children and young adults into mindless zumbies who's only purpose is to contemplate their lonely ego on a "smart"fone screen and shop? As a South American, I am tired of sucessive right wing military coups promoted by the limits the US foreign policie has imposed on us since always leaving nothing else behid except backwardness, ignorance and poverty, I am disgusted to see the EU been steamroled by selfish US needs, I am disgusted to see the word "West" been hijaked from me so the US can disguise it's isolation and true intentions, I am disgusted by the hipocritical righteousness portrayed in the "western" midia day in and day out, 24/07, by those who manage our existence so the scales are not removed from our eyes. I am disgusted to see that Capitalism has become like a roullette that privatize the winnings and socialise the losses. I am not a russian apologist or a chinese supporter, I'm just a WESTERN sick of it all.

I'm a Reagan Republican, so I hate to admit it, but I think Blinken did a really good job, except for second-guessing Israel.

Without a doubt he is probably the best qualified Secretary we've ever had performing an extremely difficult job filled with pit falls. It is beyond comprehension how one can come out of this position feeling much sense of real satisfaction and while serving with a President who himself was well qualified in foreign affairs.

Does Israel not have to equally accommodate Palestinian security concerns? How can the Palestinians have a genuine State of their OWN if the Israelis unilaterally deny them the right to self-defense or a military? So long as the Israelis can attack Palestinians and their territory with impunity the conflict will never end. So long as the occupation persists so will the conflict. Also, do not forget the Israelis bombed IRCG commanders in the Iranian diplomatic facility in Syria. Irans "unprecedented attack on Israel" was the Iranian response to Israeli escalation. If Russia conducted the same act on any diplomatic embassy abroad the West would condemn them, and it would be interpreted as an act of war by the victim State.

A warmongering Zionist who has brought us closer to world war three. Blinken is a monster and a disgrace

Great interview. Thank you. I wish it covered the relationship with Iran further

I hate Blinken. What he let happen to Gaza was a crime.

God bless you Anthony.

Antony Blinken is confused and if you dissect what he says proves himself incapable of doing his job. The Obama administration let Putin begin and his current administration let Putin continue and he says we can’t put our heads in the sand!

America has been so fortunate to have Blinken represent America around the world for the last 4 years. He is very articulate and intelligent and so capable of explaining clearly Biden and Americas position in the world. Thank you Foreign Affairs for bringing this interview to KZbin.

Today Ukraine doesn't look like it's going to defeat Russia - has Snyder's perspective changed?

It shows the American war are going to increase to dominate the Middle East and China!! The World is more divided, Russia is weak, so its time the America to take advantage of all this situation.

Love me some kotkin my hero

In order to to anything for workers you need to take the assets that corporations and wealthy individuals have gotten over workers and return them and that’s going to feel like theft to them. But unless you give workers thier own institutions with real power and unless you return the assets such as housing and land, nothing will happen. In fact you need to subsidize food and fuel but none of you will do that because they are too powerful and the ideology in this country is selfishness and individualism. You simply need a real revolution and to you people that’s a fantasy land but if you want Americans to be successful anymore you have to do it.

Liberals act just like communists “but what about nationalists?” Yea what about it?

merit requirements for the promotion of individuals in the federal bureaucracy. if he can say that and believe it, he has no experience in the real world and people should stop paying attention to him.

Britain willingly accepted being the junior partner to America. Why is it surprising that Russia would do the same with China?

A great interview!

War mongering and war profiteering aren't good foreign policy and are un-American. Deterrence is legit. War is a failure of deterrence policy.

Political spin… these are facts and you might disagree on some points but the speaker seems very knowledgeable with a lot of experience!

The hybrid war that Russia now wages on the west: Romania, Moldavia, Gergia are unsucessful attemps. The US election was sucessful. He installed Ideas?

A wonderful and best of all, ad free conversation, thank you!

America does have leverage over Israel. We're just unwilling to use it because of domestic political reasons. Also, Israel doesn't have a theory of victory because that's not Netanyahu's goal. His goal is to avoid taking blame for October 7, and so he's willing to let the region burn so he can stay in power.

I disagree. There is no move to a psychologically prepare civilians for the targeted killing of other civilians. Besides, we haven't embraced hybrid warfare which is whats going on.

Wow. I think these analysts are way off on China. In the context of Taiwan, I believe Xi Jinping has the upper hand. In my view, Donald Trump’s stance on major wars makes him somewhat predictable. Trump has demonstrated a reluctance to involve the U.S. in significant conflicts, as seen in his insistence that the Ukrainian and Middle Eastern wars should be resolved before he takes office. There are historical precedents for Trump’s foreign policy approach from his first term as president. First, Trump emphasized withdrawing the U.S. from long-term military entanglements, such as reducing troop levels in Afghanistan and criticizing NATO allies for not contributing enough to defense spending. This could reinforce the perception, from Xi’s perspective, that Trump is unwilling to engage in another costly conflict. Second, Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, which left Kurdish allies vulnerable, could be interpreted by Xi as an example of Trump’s unwillingness to commit to protecting allies if it doesn't serve immediate U.S. interests. Third, a major war over Taiwan could have significant economic repercussions for the United States, including major disruptions in global trade and the semiconductor supply chain, which would likely lead to unemployment. The U.S. economy could face layoffs in industries directly affected by the semiconductor shortage and supply chain disruptions, but the broader impact would depend on how long the conflict lasts, the government’s response, and how well industries adapt. Some sectors might even benefit from increased defense spending or the production of alternative technologies. Who knows, right? Additionally, a prolonged conflict over Taiwan would likely push up prices in several sectors, particularly technology and consumer goods, as supply shortages and production delays increase costs. Anyway, Trump might prioritize avoiding such risks, which aligns with his general reluctance toward wars and supports the economic rhetoric of his campaign, but that remains to be seen. Fourth, the recent escalation of Chinese actions in the South China Sea, such as the violent harassment of Philippine vessels, could be seen as a strategic test. If the U.S. response is muted, as it has been, Xi might interpret this as a green light to be more aggressive in the region. Furthermore, Trump has suggested, in his characteristically mercurial way, that Taiwan should pay the U.S. for its defense - his "pay-for-play" rhetoric. This could signal to Xi that the U.S. may hesitate to engage in a major conflict over the Taiwan Strait. This perceived reluctance might also explain China’s increasingly aggressive actions against the Philippines in the South China Sea. In conclusion, I believe Xi holds the upper hand in this situation, while Trump’s predictability in avoiding major conflicts makes his stance relatively clear.

Who is arming the houthis with anti ship missiles? Why?

I would have expected an academic to know that San Marino rather than the United States is the oldest democracy in the world. It has been a republic continuously since 310 AD.

Lost me at the nukes, Russia will not shoot nukes at Ukraine. Full stop. It’s a cop out. Putin and his group want to live just like everyone else. It’s a bluff that works on us.

China involved in Russia - Ukraine war? China has normal trade relation with Russia, just like India, Vietnam and many other countries with Russia, but China specify no weapon to Russia, maintain neutral.

How could Ukraine be compared to Hong Kong? The international community knew what was going to happen to Hong Kong. Nobody ever thinks of Hong Kong as a viable sovereign nation, and nobody ever thinks about fighting China for Hong Kong's independence. Unlike, say, Taiwan. China broke no international laws in doing what it did to Hong Kong.

She is wrong about deterrence. Ukraine tried to purchase 5 patriot batteries in 2017-20 and were told no way. 5 patriot batteries in addition to the existing large s300 and buk inventories would have changed the calculus. It would have meant no northern axis attack and failure to destroy strategic targets. We could have sold gmlrs earlier, f16 earlier, before war and Putin may have rethought the attack.

Out of Town news is gone, Harvard Square; the American mind is closed and all that is left is mad militarism.

19: min Nuclear threshold: she is right and wrong. Right: We are confronting a nuclear super power more directly than any time since the Cuban missile crisis. Wrong: if Putin achieves conquest by threatening Nukes, every aggressive government will obtain them to conquer territory. Every government that feels threatened will need nuclear weapons to defend itself. This is the first time nuclear weapons have been used to achieve territorial conquest. If it succeeds . . .

14 min: I don't get the Hong Kong angle. China signed some treaties, but was there any formal enforcement clause? Was there any discussion of , "If china violates treaty, we do X?" The lease was up and Hong Kong went back to chinese rule. The real mystery to me is why the UK bothered with purely symbolic treaties, the vacuity of which raises doubts about all international law.