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Zbigniew Brzezinski offers eleven measured thoughts on the president’s role in shaping global affairs. His seasoned perspective distills complex strategy into concise statements that hint at the weight of decision‑making.

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Being a former first lady doesn't prepare you to be president.

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A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently…

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I think President George W. Bush contributed very directly to the fact that the status of America as the world's only superpower…

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I think the United States is currently a kind of wonder - wonderland with the president Trump speaking on subjects of his…

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The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border of Afghanistan, I wrote to President Jimmy Carter: We now have the opportunity…

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The president has to project to the American people a sense of demanding idealism. Idealism which is not based in self-indulgence, but…

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Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and…

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We look a little bit disorderly, indecisive, leaderless. That's a real problem, and that's a problem that concerns me particularly on foreign…

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Most Americans are close to total ignorance about the world. They are ignorant. That is an unhealthy condition in a country in…

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If a new president personalizes a rather different concept of America and a different sense of America's mission in the world than…

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According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahideen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet…

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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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Hegemony is as old as mankind.

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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances…

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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 for more…

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