Quotes About Geopolitics

Is there going to be a peace in the Middle East? Not in my lifetime.

For more than fifty years, Americans and Cubans have been isolated from one another even though Cuba is only 90 miles away from Florida.

Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida, but for a long time, the distance between our two countries seemed a lot greater.

We should cease to talk about vague and unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better.

This highlights the single most important geopolitical fact in the world: the United States controls all of the oceans. No other power in history has been able to do this. And that control is not only the foundation of America's security but also the foundation of its

And from this story I learned about the geopolitics of taking out one's salami.

the most efficient way to use military power is to disrupt emerging powers before they can become even marginally threatening.

Pero su meta no era ganar. Ni siquiera estaba claro qué significaba ganar. Su meta era sólo perturbar al mundo musulmán y ponerlo en contra de sí mismo, para que no emergiera un imperio islámico.

The United States must not see China or Russia through a zero-sum prism.

Poor Mexico, so far from God and so near to the United States.

Israel is thirsting for water, and Turkey is overflowing with it.

Turkey will be in Cyprus forever.

You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like, but do not think you can keep up the Mahommedan rule in the country.

After saying yes to Turkey, the EU is having difficulty finding clear and consistent grounds for saying no to other, still more remote candidates - but being in the general vicinity of Europe does seem to be a continuing requirement.

Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does.

With the exception of China, and perhaps Turkey, no country in the world matters as much to the United States as Mexico.

The easiest way to get into northern Iraq is through Turkey.

Why shouldn't Turkey be in the Shanghai Five?

We must openly call for the establishment of a Kurdish state that separates Iran from Turkey, one which will be friendly towards Israel.

I lived on the Greek side of Cypress, and I think that's also where my interest in politics really started to come alive. It was the first time that I was told I couldn't go somewhere: My grandfather's house is on the Turkish side, but we were not allowed to go there.

The allies we formerly relied on - the Kurds and the Syrian Democratic Forces - will have little interest in helping us after we abandon them to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Turks have not been historically good about keeping pressure on ISIS.

America is turning inward, and that's making the whole world a more dangerous place.

The president-elect seems to want Russia as a friend. President Obama arguably has not wanted to say that Russia is that great of a threat.