The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
We shouldn't overdramatize the current disagreements with the Russians. They are real, but they're not really all that threatening. And the notion… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
We look a little bit disorderly, indecisive, leaderless. That's a real problem, and that's a problem that concerns me particularly on foreign… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Russia's only real geostrategic option - the option that would give Russia a realistic international role and also maximize the opportunity of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
With its declining population, with people moving out of the Far East, with an enormously powerful China in the east, I think… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Without Ukraine, Russia's imperial aspirations are essentially nostalgia, but it's not a real policy. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The United States can certainly defeat North Vietnam, but the United States cannot defeat a guerrilla war which is being raged from a sanctuary… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
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. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and less willing… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Peace between Israel and Palestine would be a giant step toward greater regional stability, and it would finally let both Israelis and Palestinians benefit… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
It is axiomatic that the security of America and Europe are linked. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
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.… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Basically, I see Iran as an authentic nation-state. And that authentic identity gives it cohesion, which most of the Middle East lacks. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Like so many empires before it, the Soviet Union eventually imploded and fragmented, falling victim not so much to a direct military defeat as… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
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… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
