In opening China, the English have secured their presence…

I see a direct line between Kennedy and Richard Nixon and the opening to China and the detente with the Soviet Union.

— Robert Dallek

Most Americans, I think, know very little about East Asia or Southeast Asia. American businesspeople who have been here, they are very knowledgeable about…

— Mahathir Mohamad

As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

As the CIA tried to find itself, the threat of international terrorism emanating from the Middle East, Africa, North Africa and Central and Southeast…

— Michael Hastings

John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to…

— Norodom Sihanouk

Taiwan matters because of its vital role in spreading democracy in East Asia. Taiwan matters because of its strategic importance to promote peace in…

— Annette Lu

(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.

— Gautama Buddha

There are times when the gospel just seems to be powerfully at work in a nation, and thousands upon thousands are converted. If you…

— Mark Dever

When we talk about Orientalist painting, we're talking about painting generally from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century, and some would say even into…

— Kehinde Wiley

Latin America has much richer resources. You'd expect it to be far more advanced than East Asia, but it had the disadvantage of being…

— Noam Chomsky

The roots of the crisis in East Asia were in private sector decisions. The biggest problems were the misallocation of investment, most notably to…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Americans have no idea why they have been at war in the Middle East, Asia and Africa for a decade. They don't realize that…

— Paul Craig Roberts

A hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance, this new version is the past and no different past can…

— George Orwell

Countries will cooperate with each other, and are more likely to cooperate with each other when they share a common culture, as is most…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity…

— Michael Mandelbaum