You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime. — William Kirby Copy Share Image
“The world is ruled by such dreams, dreams of impassioned hearts, and improvisations of warm lips, not by cold words linked in chains of… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting. — William Kirby Copy Share Image
“See Naples, and then die!' That was a proud saying, Count, which we used to hear as we cruised under lateen sails about the… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
I would hope we would begin a series of projects that would do more to bring the different parts of the university together in… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
And look at the mess that Russia is; most Chinese don't want to follow that. — William Kirby Copy Share Image
A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China's international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese - Japanese relations, not to mention Chinese -… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
