Antony Blinken
Retired Deputy Secretary of State
Antony Blinken is a retired American government official who served as United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2015 to 2017 and Deputy National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2015 under President Barack Obama. He previously served as a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Democratic Staff Director of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (2002–2008), and a member of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition, active from November 2008 to January 2009, among other positions. From 2009 to 2013 Blinken served as Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President. From 2002 to 2008 he served as the Democratic Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. From 2001 to 2002, Blinken was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. During the Clinton Administration, Blinken served in the State Department and in senior positions on the National Security Council Staff. On November 7, 2014, President Obama announced that he would nominate Blinken for the Deputy Secretary post, replacing the retiring William Joseph Burns. On December 16, 2014 Blinken was confirmed as Deputy Secretary of State by the Senate by a vote of 55 to 38. He is now a Global Affairs Analyst for CNN and a foreign policy adviser for Joe Biden.
For three decades, Antony Blinken has held senior foreign policy positions and worked closely with two presidents. With greater belligerence from North Korea and Russia, heightened rivalry with China, growing nuclear arsenals, and a rapidly changing Middle East, his expertise is relevant more than ever. Currently, he is the managing director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. He is also the Herter/Nitze Distinguished Scholar at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and an Opinion writer for The New York Times.
Mr. Blinken was hosted by the Common Good in 2018: The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards – May 21, 2018.
Twitter: @ABlinken
