Quotes About Geopolitics

We will ensure the interests of both the East and the West in Belarus. Don't try to rip us apart; don't try to make us collide with Russia or with the West.

I'm very concerned about the countries bordering Russia. But let's stay off that stuff.

Russia is not our friend.

I'm against lifting any sanctions on the Russians.

Saudi Arabia is an important country to the United States.

If we lose Saudi Arabia because of sanctions or by avoiding them, they're going to China; they're going to Russia.

Economic activity is moving from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean... Russia has a certain natural advantage because it also borders the Pacific Ocean.

There is a clear interest within ISIS to drag Israel into a war with them. If they do so, they will be able to paint Israel as having an alliance with the states fighting against them.

What could be better in al-Qaeda's mind than to have India and Pakistan going at each other? What more to further their aims?

Toward the Palestinians, Israel can only give. But when dealing with the entire Arab world, Israel can get a lot.

What are the implications of a China that may be on nuclear parity with the United States?

Russia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border.

The Northwest Passage is Canadian. People can't just abuse it.

It is a vital British and European interest to demonstrate to Putin that Trump is on our side, not his.

I do think - I'm sure I'm the lone voice in saying this - that Iran deserves to be annihilated. I think they're lunatics. I think they're evil.

ISIS controls a territory roughly the size of Maryland where 8 million people live. If it's attacked and toppled, who will fill the void?

Israel is one of our staunchest allies in an increasingly volatile world.

There are no second chances in the volatile Middle East.

Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.

This craggy political landscape was the kind of terrain in which Kissinger moved with the deftness of an Indian scout.

Afghanistan's borders are arbitrary, drawn to meet 19th-century political needs rather than to respect ethnic or religious patterns.

All Americans are dependent for their energy on the Arabian peninsula.

Russia knows of the vulnerability of her frontiers in this part of the world.

Ahead now, I think you'll see the big nations shrink back into their own corners of the world. I'm not saying we'll see no international trade, but it will be nothing like the conveyer belt from China to Wal-Mart that we've known the last few decades. And the prospects for conflict are very, very high.