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{{Infobox politician|name=Antony Blinken|image_size=200|birth_date=April | {{Infobox politician|name=Antony Blinken|image_size=200|birth_date=16 April 1962 (aged 61)|birth_place=Yonkers, [[State of New York|New York]], [[United States of America|United States]]|political_orientation=[[Neoconservatism]]|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]|image=Antony Blinken.png}} | ||
'''Antony John Blinken''' (born April | '''Antony John Blinken''' (born 16 April 1962) is a Statesian politician and the current U.S. Secretary of State. He described China as the "most serious long-term challenger to the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|international order]]."<ref>{{Web citation|author=Amanda Yee|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=Containment, encirclement, and suppression: U.S. policy and the new Cold War on China|date=2023-04-13|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/containment-encirclement-and-suppression-u-s-policy-and-the-new-cold-war-on-china/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925193657/https://www.liberationnews.org/containment-encirclement-and-suppression-u-s-policy-and-the-new-cold-war-on-china/|archive-date=2023-09-25}}</ref> | ||
In the 1980s, Blinken interviewed [[Henry Kissinger]] for his [[Harvard]] senior thesis about the [[trans-Siberian pipeline]],<ref>Guyer, Jonathan. [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/06/the-elite-dont-want-to-talk-about-henry-kissingers-party.html “I Crashed Henry Kissinger’s 100th-Birthday Party.”] [[Intelligencer]]. June 8, 2023. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230829165702/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/06/the-elite-dont-want-to-talk-about-henry-kissingers-party.html Archived] 2023-08-29.</ref> which the U.S. attempted to sabotage by various unilateral economic means in the early 1980s to prevent the pipeline's construction between Russia and Western Europe.<ref>Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol, Angela Romano. [https://www.bruegel.org/blog-post/iran-nuclear-deal-crisis-lessons-1982-transatlantic-dispute-over-siberian-gas-pipeline “The Iran Nuclear Deal Crisis: Lessons from the 1982 Transatlantic Dispute over the Siberian Gas Pipeline.”] Bruegel. May 28, 2018. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230816041649/https://www.bruegel.org/blog-post/iran-nuclear-deal-crisis-lessons-1982-transatlantic-dispute-over-siberian-gas-pipeline Archived] 2023-08-16.</ref> Regarding the pipeline issue, Blinken wrote the 1987 book ''Ally Versus Ally: America, Europe, and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis'' in which he explores the inherent and persistent fractures in the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|Western alliance]] which stem from the fundamental difference between US and European economic interests in trading with the [[Eastern Bloc]], which he explains are particularly inflamed in peacetime and by megaprojects, such as gas pipelines, and that future megaprojects are likely to raise continued inner tensions among the Western allies.<ref>Blinken, Antony J. [https://archive.org/details/allyversusallyam0000blin_s2c5 "Ally Versus Ally: America, Europe, and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis."] Praeger, 1987.</ref> | In the 1980s, Blinken interviewed [[Henry Kissinger]] for his [[Harvard]] senior thesis about the [[trans-Siberian pipeline]],<ref>Guyer, Jonathan. [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/06/the-elite-dont-want-to-talk-about-henry-kissingers-party.html “I Crashed Henry Kissinger’s 100th-Birthday Party.”] [[Intelligencer]]. June 8, 2023. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230829165702/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/06/the-elite-dont-want-to-talk-about-henry-kissingers-party.html Archived] 2023-08-29.</ref> which the U.S. attempted to sabotage by various unilateral economic means in the early 1980s to prevent the pipeline's construction between Russia and Western Europe.<ref>Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol, Angela Romano. [https://www.bruegel.org/blog-post/iran-nuclear-deal-crisis-lessons-1982-transatlantic-dispute-over-siberian-gas-pipeline “The Iran Nuclear Deal Crisis: Lessons from the 1982 Transatlantic Dispute over the Siberian Gas Pipeline.”] Bruegel. May 28, 2018. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230816041649/https://www.bruegel.org/blog-post/iran-nuclear-deal-crisis-lessons-1982-transatlantic-dispute-over-siberian-gas-pipeline Archived] 2023-08-16.</ref> Regarding the pipeline issue, Blinken wrote the 1987 book ''Ally Versus Ally: America, Europe, and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis'' in which he explores the inherent and persistent fractures in the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|Western alliance]] which stem from the fundamental difference between US and European economic interests in trading with the [[Eastern Bloc]], which he explains are particularly inflamed in peacetime and by megaprojects, such as gas pipelines, and that future megaprojects are likely to raise continued inner tensions among the Western allies.<ref>Blinken, Antony J. [https://archive.org/details/allyversusallyam0000blin_s2c5 "Ally Versus Ally: America, Europe, and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis."] Praeger, 1987.</ref> | ||
== Disinformation == | == Disinformation == | ||
Blinken claimed that the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)| | Blinken claimed that the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] covered up the 1941 [[Babi Yar|Babi Yar massacre]], the largest single massacre of [[Judaism|Jews]] during [[Second World War|World War II]], in which [[German Reich (1933–1945)|German Nazis]] and [[Ukrainian Auxiliary Police|Ukrainian Nazi collaborators]] murdered more than 34,000 [[Judaism|Jews]] as well as tens of thousands of [[Romani people|Roma]] and [[Communism|Communists]]. In reality, while Soviet media didn't place as much emphasis on the Jewish aspect of Babi Yar as it should have when reporting on the tragedy, the Soviets ''did'' liberate Babi Yar in 1943 and they ''did'' try 15 German policemen for the crime in 1946.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Al Mayadeen|title=Blinken factchecked: X users give U.S. Secretary of State history lesson|url=https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/blinken-factchecked:-x-users-give-us-secretary-of-state-hist|retrieved=2023-10-05}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 07:20, 6 October 2023
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Antony John Blinken (born 16 April 1962) is a Statesian politician and the current U.S. Secretary of State. He described China as the "most serious long-term challenger to the international order."[1]
In the 1980s, Blinken interviewed Henry Kissinger for his Harvard senior thesis about the trans-Siberian pipeline,[2] which the U.S. attempted to sabotage by various unilateral economic means in the early 1980s to prevent the pipeline's construction between Russia and Western Europe.[3] Regarding the pipeline issue, Blinken wrote the 1987 book Ally Versus Ally: America, Europe, and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis in which he explores the inherent and persistent fractures in the Western alliance which stem from the fundamental difference between US and European economic interests in trading with the Eastern Bloc, which he explains are particularly inflamed in peacetime and by megaprojects, such as gas pipelines, and that future megaprojects are likely to raise continued inner tensions among the Western allies.[4]
Disinformation
Blinken claimed that the Soviet Union covered up the 1941 Babi Yar massacre, the largest single massacre of Jews during World War II, in which German Nazis and Ukrainian Nazi collaborators murdered more than 34,000 Jews as well as tens of thousands of Roma and Communists. In reality, while Soviet media didn't place as much emphasis on the Jewish aspect of Babi Yar as it should have when reporting on the tragedy, the Soviets did liberate Babi Yar in 1943 and they did try 15 German policemen for the crime in 1946.[5]
References
- ↑ Amanda Yee (2023-04-13). "Containment, encirclement, and suppression: U.S. policy and the new Cold War on China" Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Guyer, Jonathan. “I Crashed Henry Kissinger’s 100th-Birthday Party.” Intelligencer. June 8, 2023. Archived 2023-08-29.
- ↑ Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol, Angela Romano. “The Iran Nuclear Deal Crisis: Lessons from the 1982 Transatlantic Dispute over the Siberian Gas Pipeline.” Bruegel. May 28, 2018. Archived 2023-08-16.
- ↑ Blinken, Antony J. "Ally Versus Ally: America, Europe, and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis." Praeger, 1987.
- ↑ "Blinken factchecked: X users give U.S. Secretary of State history lesson". Al Mayadeen. Retrieved 2023-10-05.