Quotes About Geopolitics

If America leads a blessed life, then why did God put all of our oil under people who hate us?

In geopolitics, as in biology, expiration dates are never visible.

Empires, like adolescents, think they'll live forever. In geopolitics, as in biology, expiration dates are never visible. As a result, it can be hard to distinguish growing pains from death rattles. When the end comes, it's always a shock.

Of all the important relationships that Australia has with other countries, none has been more greatly transformed over the last 10 years than our relationship with China.

those who believe in facts and logic will quickly discover that the United States and its Allies are mainly responsible for this trainwreck. the April 2008 decision to bring Ukraine and Georgia into Nato was destined to lead to conflict with Russia. the Bush administration was the principal architect of that fateful choice, but the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations have doubled down on that policy at every turn...

If you really want to wreck Russia, encourage them to try and swallow Ukraine. That's like swallowing a porcupine.

Stalin fell into the trap the Marshall Plan laid for him, which was to get him to build the wall that would divide Europe.

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We are convinced that locking Russia out of Europe is not rational.

A Russia that gradually begins to gravitate toward the West will also be a Russia that ceases to disrupt the international system.

Britain, the best of islands, is situated in the Western Ocean, between France and Ireland.

The fundamentals are the U.S. is going to end up being a net exporter of natural gas. That's going to be wonderful to help our balance of payments, reduce our dependence on a lot of countries that aren't so crazy about us, and change many, many parts of what goes on here.

Geopolitical drama lessened but did not die after the Cold War; in 2008, the specter of thousands of seeming automatons banging drums at the opening of the Beijing Games frightened and enthralled the world, reminding us that China was a nation on the rise, a competitor for global dominance.

Many defense experts have predicted that we face no greater threat from a single country than from Iran.

With the common Iranian threat bringing the Sunni Arab world and Israel closer together, an Israeli-Palestinian peace would go a long way in improving relations and rebuffing Iran's regional ambitions.

The greatest threat that the world faces is a nuclear Iran. A nuclear North Korea is already troubling enough.

No matter what President Trump says, Russia is an adversary and a threat - look no further than their invasion of Crimea.

Believe me, most of the people in Russia are seeing the West as a threat.

There is a threat of Russian energy domination, especially when Russia mentions that it's going to build more pipelines - Nord Stream III, Nord Stream IV.

The intelligence is so clear that China is our greatest threat.

When President Clinton opened NATO's doors in 1994, some predicted a crisis with Russia. That did not occur, mainly because the Kremlin understood that NATO enlargement did not threaten Russia's interests.

Listen, every time we're meeting with our counterparts in Israel, the state of Iran is always something that's at the top of the list and the things we discuss. And that's because the regime in Iran continually threatens Israel, threatens the United States.

Iran has not invaded any other country. We have not threatened to use force. Just exactly the opposite of Israel. Israel threatens to use force against Iran almost on a daily basis. And it has a record.

We still believe that if the Russian Federation and the United States bring their minds together, we can develop a common system which would be efficient in protecting the Euro-Atlantic region from threats coming outside this region.