Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press at the port of Ashdod in southern Israel on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) State Department wants ‘digital solidarity’ at center of tech diplomacy Secretary of State Antony Blinken points to the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a model of nimble tech diplomacy. May 6, 2024 By Elias Groll