In the United States, it is customary for a new president and new secretary of state to pursue new domestic and foreign policies and views, and this is almost always the case when the old and the new are from different political parties, as is the case in the near future.
Therefore, it can be seen that this foreign trip of Mr. Blinken is the last effort at the end of the administration of US President Joe Biden of the Democratic Party to consolidate the mark of his rule and create a fait accompli so that the next administration and successor cannot or at least will find it difficult to reverse the foreign policy orientation and change the achievements in foreign affairs.
Mr. Blinken went to South Korea when the country was in a state of serious political and socio-political crisis, to Japan when the new government there was still very young, and to France when France was also in a state of political and power instability.
The US's goal is to strengthen the trilateral strategic alliance with South Korea and Japan to effectively respond and deal with China and North Korea, as well as to deal with the fact that both countries are strongly promoting a relationship that is no different from a strategic alliance with Russia, strengthening links, alliances and even alliances to jointly deal with the US and its allies in the world in general and in the Northeast Asia region in particular. Cooperation and alliance with Japan and South Korea is also one of the most important directions in the Biden/Blinken duo's strategy for the Indo-Pacific region.
Mr. Blinken came to France to persuade and encourage France to take the lead in the EU and NATO in firmly supporting Ukraine in fighting Russia to the end in the face of the risk that the new administration in the US will pursue a different foreign policy. Mr. Blinken wants to rely on France and other allies to continue, not interrupt, the cooperation between Europe and the US over the past 4 years on Ukraine, Russia, Iran, China and other world political issues - thereby preserving the foreign policy imprint and achievements of the Biden/Blinken era in the US.
