Marco Rubio told State Department employees that changes under President Trump “are not meant to be destructive, they’re not meant to be punitive.”
Author: EDWARD WONG
Scores of Senior Diplomats Are Leaving Posts as Trump Takes Office
The departures are common when a transition takes place, but it is now happening more quickly and on a larger scale than under previous administrations, a U.S. official said.
Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser, Reflects on China Policy
President Biden and his team saw China as the one nation with the intent and capability to displace American primacy — and crafted policies to defend U.S. power.
Biden Made a Global Push to Constrain China. What Will Trump Do?
Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said in an interview that “we’ve just stuck with our theory, which is managed competition.” Trump and Xi Jinping might have other plans.
Biden and Aides Courted Allies Who Undermined U.S. Goals
The Biden administration has been caught by surprise when partners like South Korea and Israel have acted against U.S. interests and principles.
Senior U.S. Diplomats Meet With Governing Militias in Syria
The U.S. officials in Damascus are also looking for signs of Austin Tice, a missing American journalist, as well as other U.S. citizens.
Trump Picks Former Ambassador to Mexico for Deputy Secretary of State
Christopher Landau is a longtime lawyer and the son of a veteran U.S. diplomat who served as ambassador to three nations in Latin America.
Inside a Secret Plan to Bring Uyghurs Trapped in China to the United States
On Thanksgiving eve, U.S. diplomats reunited family members who had not seen each other in years because of China’s harsh policies on the ethnic group.
U.S. Condemns China’s Harsh Sentence for a Prominent Journalist
The sentencing of Dong Yuyu, a former Harvard Nieman fellow, signals that officials consider some exchanges between Chinese citizens and foreigners to be espionage.
U.S. Turns to China to Stop North Korean Troops From Fighting for Russia
American agencies have assessed that China dislikes the growing partnership between Russia and North Korea. The State Department has raised the troop issue with Chinese diplomats.