Blinken "The biggest danger is the revisionist forces of North Korea, China and Russia testing the international order."

U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken, who is set to leave office, has pointed to revisionist forces such as China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, which are trying to change the current international order built by the U.S. after World War II, as the biggest threat.

Asked in an interview with the New Yorker Radio Hour on the 17th local time what the biggest risk of the present era is, Blinken said, "In the short term, there is a risk in Ukraine. There are short-term risks that can be seen everywhere from Pakistan to North Korea," he said.

"But in my view, this is the fundamentally bigger risk. We have established (international) order with the aim of preventing another world war after two world wars. The order was tested and challenged, but it basically carried out its mission to prevent another world war."

"There are some revisionist forces that are now challenging the whole system," he said. Key revisionist forces Russia, North Korea and Iran are testing the system in certain ways. China is testing the system in a different way (with Russia, North Korea and Iran)," he said.

China is the only country with military, economic, political, and diplomatic capabilities that can actually find ways to change norms in a way that reflects China's interests and values, not ours. That's the biggest challenge I see."

Asked if he thought Russia and China welcomed the second Trump administration, he replied, "Maybe there are things they like (in the Trump administration) and things they are worried about."

"A certain level of unpredictability can be useful. From the perspective of the enemy and its competitors, that (of the Trump administration) may be a concern. But what's important is how you actually implement it," he added.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Blinken raised concerns that the Trump administration would not inherit key foreign policies of the Biden administration, including support for Ukraine and strengthening ties with key allies.

"When we (the Biden administration) came along, we inherited a severely weakened partnership and alliance (in the Trump administration)," he said. "I'm worried if the past is a prediction of the future."