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Peter Dickinson: Biden picks Antony Blinken. Good news for Ukraine?

By Peter Dickinson.

Published Nov. 28, 2020. Updated Nov. 28 at 3:46 am

(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 20, 2016 US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken takes part in a naturalization ceremony on World Refugee Day in recognition of those who have come to the US with refugee or asylum seeker status, at the US Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC.

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As he prepares to take office in January 2021, US President-elect Joe Biden has nominated longtime ally and advisor Antony Blinken as his pick for Secretary of State. The decision was greeted with cautious optimism in Kyiv, where Blinken is seen as a supporter of Ukraine’s struggle against Russian aggression and someone who has a deep understanding of post-Soviet geopolitical realities.