Putin is trying to create the best possible atmosphere for Russia. — Fiona Hill Best Copy Share Image
Stop pyschoanalyzing Putin, and recognize that there is a certain mind set. The West must draw a line under 'Putinography' and just… — Fiona Hill Line Copy Share Image
The problem in Pankisi is an extension of broader problems throughout Georgia. The whole system is based on shady deals. The entire… — Fiona Hill Corrupt Copy Share Image
Few issues better illustrate the limits of the Obama administration's 'reset' with Russia than the crisis in Syria. — Fiona Hill Better Copy Share Image
Russia has always been very careful to try to balance the interest of the Gulf states and Iran off against each other. — Fiona Hill Always Copy Share Image
The Russian leadership doesn't operate in the same way as ours does. Informal networks have a much more important role to play… — Fiona Hill Important Copy Share Image
The people who run the giant companies and the government are all part of the same crowd. — Fiona Hill Crowd Copy Share Image
I can say with confidence that this country has offered for me opportunities I would never have had in England. — Fiona Hill Confidence Copy Share Image
The capital city of Grozny in Chechnya was reduced completely to rubble, and Putin thought this was worthwhile because it kept the… — Fiona Hill City Copy Share Image
I applied to Oxford in the '80s and was invited to an interview. It was like a scene from 'Billy Elliot.' People… — Fiona Hill Billy elliot Copy Share Image
President Trump understands that President Putin does not like to be insulted. Putin takes it very personally. He harbors a grudge. He… — Fiona Hill Find Copy Share Image
Ironically, from our perspective, Russia finds Iran a stabilizing force. This is because Iran provides a counterweight to all of the Sunni… — Fiona Hill Iran Copy Share Image
Japan has good reasons for wanting to transform its relationship with Russia. Tokyo has openly expressed serious fears of a military confrontation… — Fiona Hill Good Copy Share Image
Trump knows how to play the media all on his own. He creates his own Twitter feed and uses it. He knows… — Fiona Hill Attention Copy Share Image
The refugee problem is definitely a disaster for the entire region. Putin - the refugee problem in Chechnya was largely contained inside… — Fiona Hill Disaster Copy Share Image
Every military scenario that the Russians basically engage in their annual exercises, either on their western or eastern flank, always involved some… — Fiona Hill Always Copy Share Image
There is certainly this widespread anti-Americanism within the Russian elite, a feeling that the U.S. lost any moral high ground it could… — Fiona Hill Americanism Copy Share Image
The unfortunate truth is that Russia was the foreign power that systematically attacked our democratic institutions in 2016. — Fiona Hill Institutions Copy Share Image
Russia was dependent on China growing and driving the demand for its commodities: oil, gas and minerals. China was an alternative to… — Fiona Hill China Copy Share Image
We have politicized the issue of Russia to a point that we can't have a sensible conversation about it. — Fiona Hill About Copy Share Image
For the United States, in particular, the South Caucasus has been a priority since the 1990s. — Fiona Hill 1990s Copy Share Image
So Putin is not the dictator that he's often accused of being. He has to be very sensitive to public opinion. — Fiona Hill Being Copy Share Image
Our basic problem is how do we stop the hot war on the ground in Ukraine, and not get into a more… — Fiona Hill More Copy Share Image
Absolutely everything I've done - my research, my training, my book - was made possible due to Harvard opening doors and providing… — Fiona Hill Books Copy Share Image
A desire to contain extremism is a major reason why Putin offered help to the United States in battling the Taliban in… — Fiona Hill Desire Copy Share Image
I refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternate narrative that the Ukrainian government is a U.S. adversary, and… — Fiona Hill Adversary Copy Share Image
I got a PhD from Harvard and a few years later, there was a girl from Sunderland who hadn't got into Oxford… — Fiona Hill Girl Copy Share Image
