Antony Blinken actually said...

The first set is posed by our strategic competitors--the immediate, acute threat posed by Russia's autocracy and aggression.

The United States has a positive vision for the future, a world that is free, that is secure, that is open, that is prosperous.

The post-Cold War world era is over and there is an intense competition underway to determine, to shape, what comes next.

Hope is always important, but of course, it has to be grounded in reality.