We should not assume that Russia is doomed to live according to its worst traditions. In fact, in Russian history, failed efforts at external aggression, when they fail, usually bring on areas of internal reform. — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
We`re a little bit low in the 1970s, right, post-Vietnam, Watergate era, malaise, all that, but this is more like the 1930s where the… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the key governments… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
[Russians] want to bring us down to make them feel better about the failure of the Soviet Union. I don`t mean bring us down… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
It was my honor to have done what I could do to help. I learned to never underestimate the possibility of change, that values… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I think that Hillary Clinton has an appreciation that American power needs to be put in the service of American values, which is an… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
The West in its modern form since 1945 is a miracle, and that`s in our American interests. It`s its good that the West is… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Nothing can be taken for granted and this great achievement is now under assault by Russia. But what we did in my time is… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Two World Wars are sufficient and we are the ones who supported this notion of a united Europe, so there would never be another… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
George W. Bush tried working with the Russians after 9/11; Obama had the reset. Both presidents achieved less than they wanted, but they both… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I am not one of these people that believes that Russia is doomed, or somehow, you know, inevitably disposed to act according to its… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
In my view, [Vladimir] Putin despises the West in general and the United States in particular, both for who we are, our liberal values,… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
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