{"id":3659,"date":"2026-10-08T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:27:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:27:43","slug":"in-defence-of-western-civilization-author-u-s-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio%c2%b9-7-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/?p=3659","title":{"rendered":"In Defence of Western Civilization, Author: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u00b9, 7 October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u00b2 delivers remarks from the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, on October 7, 2026\u00b3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b2Under the leadership of the President and Secretary of State, the U.S. Department of State leads America\u2019s foreign policy through diplomacy, advocacy, and assistance by advancing the interests of the American people, their safety and economic prosperity. On behalf of the American people we promote and demonstrate democratic values and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President&#8217;s chief foreign affairs adviser. The Secretary carries out the President&#8217;s foreign policies through the State Department, which includes the Foreign Service, Civil Service and U.S. Agency for International Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b9<a href=\"https:\/\/statedept.substack.com\/p\/in-defense-of-western-civilization?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=1sxk3k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/statedept.substack.com\/p\/in-defense-of-western-civilization?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=1sxk3k<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b3 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eOv1DpML7I4?is=2Avn8WWZJyuk6lN6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/eOv1DpML7I4?is=2Avn8WWZJyuk6lN6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u00b2 delivers remarks from the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, on October 7, 2026\u00b3. \u00b2Under the leadership of the President and Secretary of State, the U.S. Department of State leads America\u2019s foreign policy through diplomacy, advocacy, and assistance by advancing the interests of the American people, their safety and economic prosperity. On behalf of the American people we promote and demonstrate democratic values and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world. The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3659"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3662,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions\/3662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}