Quotes About Geopolitics

If we're at the lowest point in history, that means we're in a new Cold War.

Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home.

The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it is to shape real events in a real world.

I think we should take Iraq and Iran and combine them into one country and call it Irate. All the pissed off people live in one place and get it over with.

Imagine Himalayas without glaciers. Imagine 3 nuclear powers without water.

Moreover, Middle East oil was a great prize.

O to be in finland/ now that russia's here)

Iraq and all over the Middle East.

If I was in office, I'd get together all the chiefs and all the heads and chiefs of staffs of all the countries and explain to them like, 'This is how it's going to be. We need y'all oil and water. Y'all need our money and technology. Now, what y'all gon' do?'

Putin has the ability to advance his interests in many different ways. Sometimes tactical diplomacy can help.

A weak America poses a threat to the future of Israel.

The more we are consuming oil that either comes from places that are bent on our destruction or helping those who are... the more we are enabling those who are trying to kill us.

Israel's foreign policy has three points: the relationship with the U.S., the relationship with the U.S., and the relationship with the U.S.

It's not only in Israel's interest but in America's as well to stand with one of its closest and important allies.

The Arctic is going to be an area of intense interest. Russia has the longest coastline in the world with the Arctic.

Leading with its values gave the United States a sense of purpose in the Cold War.

In my view, Russia has not been a particularly collaborative player on the world stage.

Most of the really successful civilisations survived because they were protected from invasion by mountains, sea, deserts, or a combination of these things. Ask the Russians or the Poles what it's like to live without the shield of the sea.

As Asia's rising powers seek to sustain growth and ensure stability, energy security has moved to the forefront of Asian geopolitics.

Maybe some Ukrainians would like to have Sweden or Canada for a neighbor, but we have Russia.

I don't want to be overly dramatic, but Iraq and Syria are gone, and they aren't coming back, at least not as centralized states.

Russia, their number one client in the Middle East is Syria; that is their foothold in the Middle East. They want to have influence there.

It is no exaggeration to say that Syria holds the key for nearly all of America's foreign policy goals in the Middle East. As Syria goes, so goes the region.

We're seeing Iran now through the Shia militias in Iraq. We're seeing Iran in Syria; we know the Quds Force is in there.