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China Quotes by Zbigniew Brzezinski

12 China quotes by Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Brzezinski’s brief contributions still manage to convey his deep understanding of global strategy, especially regarding China’s rise and its impact on U.S. foreign policy. The collection is a compact guide for anyone studying Cold‑War‑era realism.

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I do think America has made it quite clear that it is in the interest both of America and China to avoid…

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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.

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With its declining population, with people moving out of the Far East, with an enormously powerful China in the east, I think…

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If the United States and China can accommodate each other on a broad range of issues, the prospects for stability in Asia…

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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.

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I think the sheer attrition of American global domination will create circumstances in which the Chinese will be tempted to reach out…

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In the longer run, I happen to think that Russia really has no choice but to become gradually more associated with the…

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The dynamic character of China's nonstatist economic transformation, including its social openness to the rest of the world, is not mutually compatible…

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Shared Sino-American global security goals would not mean that one partner dictates to the other. U.S.-PRC differences will persist, and on the…

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The Sino-American competition involves two significant realities that distinguish it from the Cold War: neither party is excessively ideological in its orientation;…

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I encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot. I encouraged the Thailand|Thai to help the Khmer Rouge. The question was how to…

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Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of…

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The United States can certainly defeat North Vietnam, but the United States cannot defeat a guerrilla war which is being raged from a sanctuary…

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The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution.

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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.

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A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and less willing…

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Peace between Israel and Palestine would be a giant step toward greater regional stability, and it would finally let both Israelis and Palestinians benefit…

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It is axiomatic that the security of America and Europe are linked.

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In the longer run, I happen to think that Russia really has no choice but to become gradually more associated with the Euro-Atlantic community.…

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Basically, I see Iran as an authentic nation-state. And that authentic identity gives it cohesion, which most of the Middle East lacks.

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Like so many empires before it, the Soviet Union eventually imploded and fragmented, falling victim not so much to a direct military defeat as…

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In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.

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One has to define very clearly what one's objectives are, determine in advance how much one is prepared to pay to achieve that objective…

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Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of…

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