Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
Pessimism about America's future tends to underestimate its capacity for self-renewal.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
We don't have a public that really understands the world anymore, and in the age of complexity, that problem becomes much more difficult.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
To his credit, Obama has undertaken a truly ambitious effort to redefine the United States' view of the world and to reconnect the United States with the emerging historical context of the twenty-first century. He has done this remarkably well.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
The Sino-American competition involves two significant realities that distinguish it from the Cold War: neither party is excessively ideological in its orientation; and both parties recognize that they really need mutual accommodation.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
Neither the United States nor Israel has the capacity to impose a unilateral solution in the Middle East.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
It is in the U.S. interest to engage Iran in serious negotiations - on both regional security and the nuclear challenge it poses.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
I would like to promote internal change in Iran - which is more likely if we don't fuse Iranian nationalism with Iranian fundamentalism.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
One-sided national economic triumphs cannot be achieved in the increasingly interwoven global economy without precipitating calamitous consequences for everyone.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
The culture of self-gratification and deregulation that began during the Clinton years and continued under President George W. Bush led to the bursting of one stock market bubble at the turn of the century and a full-scale financial crash less than a decade later.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
Because America is a democracy, public support for presidential foreign-policy decisions is essential.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
With the decline of America's global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
The congressional role in declaring war is especially important not when the United States is the victim of an attack, but when the United States is planning to wage war abroad.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
All the historical pretenders to global power originated in Eurasia.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
The costly unilateralism of the younger Bush presidency led to a decade of war in the Middle East and the derailment of American foreign policy at large.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
As America's nuclear strategic monopoly faded, the United States sought to create advantages elsewhere, notably in the peaceful cooperation between the United States and communist China under Deng Xiaoping.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands.
Zbignev Bjesinskiy quotes
Both World War II and the subsequent Cold War gave America's involvement in world affairs a clear focus. The objectives of foreign policy were relatively easy to define, and they could be imbued with high moral content.