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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy chief Wang Yi during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, July 13, 2023.
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Top diplomats meet in Laos to discuss Myanmar & South China Sea

On Thursday, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Vientiane, Laos, to kick off a three-day summit focused on resolving Myanmar’s violent civil war and cooling tensions in the South China Sea.

Blinken meets Xi in Beijing
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Blinken meets Xi in Beijing

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Tony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, had a weekend trip to Beijing that included a last-moment meeting with President Xi Jinping, and then suddenly it is all over state media and social media. In a sense, the Chinese blessing the visit to their public and showing that they want to have a more constructive or at least stable relationship. What's the bad news? There is no trust within this relationship.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Who is Tony Blinken?

The person a US president taps to assume the coveted role of secretary of state, the nation's top diplomat, says a lot about that president's foreign policy ambitions and global vision. Biden has now tapped Tony Blinken to head the State Department. What does that tell us?






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