Antony Blinken actually said...

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

I made a commitment that I would see a marker of my success or not in this job whether or not the institution made real progress in building...

The short answer is by as necessary working around the governments when we do not have effective partners.

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