With the exception of China, and perhaps Turkey, no country in the world matters as much to the United States as Mexico. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Turkey can be a bridge to regimes and actions the United States can't reach. Turkey can talk to people the United States… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
After installing friendly leaders in Iran and Guatemala, the United States lost interest in promoting democracy in either country. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
What the United States wanted in Guatemala - and in Iran, where the C.I.A. also deposed a government in the early 1950s… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
No step the United States could take anywhere in the world would bring strategic benefits as great as detente with Iran. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
As the United States shapes and carries out its policies toward Muslim countries, it should do so with Turkey at its side. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Israel deserves special treatment from the United States, both for historical reasons and because there can be no regional peace without a… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Most Pakistani politics is conducted within a narrow spectrum. Politicians spend much time debating the best ways to fight India, or take… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
American strategic doctrine suggests that Mexico is of second-level importance to the United States. It ranks below Japan and Indonesia, Brazil and… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Allowing a friend to careen toward self destruction is not friendship. That is a habit the United States needs to break as… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
There is very little hope that the United States or anyone else can do much to stabilize Iraq, Libya, Syria or Egypt.… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The United States is now harbouring Luis Posada Carriles. His continued freedom mocks victims of terrorism everywhere. It also shows how heavily… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
A few of the world's most famous non-American novelists have large followings in the United States, among them Gabriel Garcia Marquez and… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Many Afghan intellectuals in the United States believe that their country is best kept together. They are encouraged by the fact that… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I don't have any problem with the United States acting on behalf of its own interests. That's what big powers do; that's… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Throughout the twentieth century and into the beginning of the twenty-first, the United States repeatedly used its military power, and that of… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The United States has means to wound Latin American countries deeply, chiefly by altering trade policies to cut imports in ways that… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The United States has dealt with the Middle East and surrounding regions for many decades in the context of the Cold War. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Conflict with the United States is one of the overwhelming facts of Latin American history. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Any country that grants asylum to Snowden risks retaliation from the United States, including diplomatic isolation and costly trade sanctions. Several don't… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The difficulty that many foreign authors face in having their works translated into English has effects far beyond the United States. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The United States is holding hundreds of suspected terrorists in prisons at Guantanamo and elsewhere. Many are locked up indefinitely. They have… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
During the 1990s the United States sought to impose the 'Washington Consensus' on Latin American governments. It embodied what Latin Americans call… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
Because Iran understands Afghanistan far better than Americans do, making Iran a partner in a long-term effort to transform Afghan agriculture makes sense. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
Land ownership in Guatemala is more unequal than anywhere else in Latin America. Roughly 90 percent of Guatemalan farms are too small to support… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
Honduras is strongly anti-Communist, maintains no diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and has provided vital support for United States-backed rebels fighting to overthrow… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
Any country that grants asylum to Snowden risks retaliation from the United States, including diplomatic isolation and costly trade sanctions. Several don't seem to… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
Human Rights Watch wants Rwandans to be able to speak freely about their ethnic hatreds, and to allow political parties connected with the defeated… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
“Acheson immediately understood the urgency of this message. He summoned Ambassador Franks and told him that the United States resolutely opposed “the use of… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
During the 1980s, international interest in the Nicaraguan war was intense. No conflict since the Spanish civil war had provoked such passion around the… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
Countries that control water are likely to be the big winners of the future. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
“It is a great tool of dictators and tyrants, who want to get masses of people to do what they want, to make sure… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
No offense to Iceland, but Latin America is where the fugitive leaker Edward Snowden should settle. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
Castro has lived almost his entire life as a clandestine revolutionary. To such figures, truth is always malleable, always subservient to political goals. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Latin America moved decisively away from military rule and toward civilian democracy. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share
