As President Biden declared: “Hamas terrorists inflicted as much pain and suffering on women and girls as possible and then murdering them. It is appalling.”

I deplore and condemn those who continue to deny the sexual violence on October 7, 2023. “Screams Before Silence” is a gripping…

'I made clear that if China does not address this problem we will,' says Sec Blinken in Beijing of China's support for Russia's defense industrial base which is enabling Russia to continue pursuing its assault on Ukraine war.

This was a rare area of strong bipartisan support, in particular by then Sen Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Sen Chris Murphy (D-conn)

URGENT!! Key U.S. agency fighting Russian, Chinese, Iranian disinformation may lose funding.

'We hope Congress will take the important step of reauthorizing the Global Engagement Center' a State Dept Spokesperson tells me.

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Welp. No mention of Myanmar in the readout of Secretary Antony Blinken visit to China: state.gov/secretary-blin…

CHM Michael McCaul: “I am deeply concerned by recent events in Georgia. The Georgian government’s pursuit of its Kremlin-inspired ‘foreign agents law’ and its crackdown on peaceful protests only serve to jeopardize Georgia’s future in the transatlantic community.

“The U.S. and China are in a pretty — sweet spot might be overstating it — but they’re in a stabilization mode,” said Yun Sun ⁦Brookings Foreign Policy⁩
“I do think there’s an effort to find the thing that they can work on… and Myanmar is one of those issues.” thehill.com/policy/interna…

Early Wednesday, the national security package arrived at my desk.

Before noon, I had signed it into law.

And this week, we’re sending weapons and equipment to Ukraine as it defends itself against Russian bombardment.

Qatar announces commitment of USD 3,000,000 to the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights

#MOFAQatar

President Xi Jinping met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Secretary Antony Blinken.

Over the past 45 years, the China-US relationship has gone through winds and rains, and it has a number of important inspirations to offer: China and the US should be partners rather than rivals;…

After four Germans were arrested this week for allegedly spying for Chinese secret services, I was summoned to the MFA today. A quite telling move – but, after all, a good opportunity to explain a few things:
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The American and Chinese students I spoke with at NYU Shanghai represent what is possible through exchanges. We seek responsible exchanges with China that would enable more Americans to study there, building connections between our peoples.