Antony Blinken

The National Security Act of 1947 - which established the National Security Council - laid the foundation for a deliberate, multitiered process, managed by the national security adviser, to bring government agencies together to debate and decide policy.

Mr. Trump seems more at home with Middle Eastern autocrats than he does with European democrats.

I was the first senior American official to meet with Riyadh's dynamic Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after the Saudi intervention in Yemen in 2015. I reiterated the United States' commitment to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi aggression and to help press the Houthis back to the bargaining table.

Interests change and diverge; values do not.

Tweeting first and asking questions later is not a good way to make policy - especially in the Middle East.

President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize.' It is hard to imagine anyone other than Mr. Trump expressing that sentiment.

A president is entitled to advisers of his choosing, who reflect his worldview.

When it comes to sowing doubt about democracy and fueling dissension among Americans, Mr. Putin is eating our lunch.

By virtually every metric, the liberal international order has made the world healthier, wealthier, wiser, more secure and more tolerant than it has ever been.

Every time Mr. Trump provokes howls from the establishment, his base cheers and gets re-energized.

In the absence of an engaged, diplomatically energized America, others will set the agenda, shape the rules and dominate international institutions - and probably not in ways that advance our interests or values.

It's hard to overstate the lasting harm Mr. Tillerson's tenure will do to America's diplomacy.

Mr. Tillerson's obsession with downsizing our diplomacy has colored his time at the State Department.

Beijing's foreign investments can be coercive and exploitative - using Chinese laborers and contractors instead of local ones, saddling poorer countries with enormous debts, leaving behind shoddy workmanship and fueling corruption.

The world is not self-organizing.

Mr. Xi is all-in on robotics, aerospace, high-speed rail, new-energy vehicles and advanced medical products.

As the personal trajectories of Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi diverge, so too does the focus of their leadership. While Mr. Trump is obsessed with building walls, Mr. Xi is busy building bridges.

As Vietnam opens its markets and strengthens fundamental rights, the relationship between our nations will continue to grow - to the benefit of both our citizens.

In countless communities across America today, refugees are giving back to the country that has given them a new start.

Without Madeleine Albright, our community of democracies might be smaller.