In the longer run, I happen to think that Russia really has no choice but to become gradually more associated with the… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Ukraine, a new and important space on the Eurasian chessboard, is a geopolitical pivot because its very existence as an independent country… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
However, if Moscow regains control over Ukraine, with its 52 million people and major resources as well as access to the Black… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Russia can be either an empire or a democracy, but it cannot be both. . . . Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
I happen to think that as the Ukraine moves to the West, towards the E.U., eventually towards NATO, it will pave the… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
I think if NATO haven't expanded, we would have a no-man's zone between the E.U. and NATO and Russia, and that would… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
A Russia that gradually begins to gravitate toward the West will also be a Russia that ceases to disrupt the international system. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
But if Russia is to be part of this larger zone of peace it cannot bring into it its imperial baggage. It… — 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
The Eastern Europeans invested too many of their hopes in the notion that somehow or other the missile shield, even if directed… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
I can't believe that the Russians really think they're more insecure because Estonia is in NATO. And we don't have forces poised… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The key point to bear in mind is that Russia cannot be in Europe without Ukraine also being in Europe, whereas Ukraine… — 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
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