Blinken should build back better when he meets Mitsotakis

As Antony Blinken visits Greece, it is fair to wonder whether this is his last trip as US Secretary of State. 2024 is, after all, an election year and we are headed for more election year drama. There is no certainty as to who the next US President will be, so Secretary Blinken is in the unenviable position of having to execute a foreign policy that simultaneously lays the foundation for a second Biden Administration or defines the legacy of a single term presidency.

As challenging a proposition as that may be, the US-Greece partnership gives Blinken a chance to kill both these proverbial birds with one stone. However, it will require that the Secretary take direct control of the US-Greece relationship (much the way Secretary Pompeo did in the last year of his tenure). Certain policies over the last three years have become obstacles to optimizing the opportunities in the US...