In my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part because the United States provides the overall security that allows Europe to live in a system where military power is… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
When it comes to setting national priorities, determining threats, defining challenges, and fashioning and implementing foreign and defense policies, the United States and Europe have parted ways. — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case, the domination… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus: they agree on little and understand each other less and less. — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't come to an end.… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
If a caterpillar doesn't know its future has wings, it hardly experiences itself as land-bound. — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty. — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
“Americans, in foreign policy, are torn to the point of schizophrenia. They are reluctant, than aggressive; asleep at the switch, then quick on the… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
Under our Constitution, military leaders have no choice but to endorse the president's decision after giving him their best advice. — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
“Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.” — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
It is true that I have known Straussians almost all my life. And the one thing I was taught about them from the earliest… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition. — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
Well, I think he's right to notice that there is a difference in attitudes and even in the broadest sense of world view between… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
