I don't want to suggest that Trump is emulating Putin. Trump is his own creation. — Fiona Hill Creation Copy Share Image
So with President Obama, he's a very different style. Very thoughtful, posed. — Fiona Hill 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 Copy Share Image
For the United States, in particular, the South Caucasus has been a priority since the 1990s. — Fiona Hill 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 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
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
Putin operates like a super PAC, taking advantage of opportunities for negative campaigning. The purpose is to show that the U.S. has… — Fiona Hill Authority Copy Share Image
The Cold War was obviously driven by a very intense ideological struggle that was very clearly defined. — Fiona Hill 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
There is a good supply of Russia experts out there - people who have lived there with lots of good experience -… — Fiona Hill Experience Copy Share Image
In the instance of Iran for Russia, Iran is a very important counterweight to the Sunni Muslim powers in the Gulf, but… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
For Putin, Syria is all too reminiscent of Chechnya. Both conflicts pitted the state against disparate and leaderless opposition forces, which over… — Fiona Hill Chechnya Copy Share Image
President Putin and the Russian security services operate like a super PAC. They deploy millions of dollars to weaponize our own political… — Fiona Hill Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Chechnya was part of that whole wave of entities of the Soviet Union that had a very separate sense of identity, of… — Fiona Hill Chechnya Copy Share Image
The real concern for the Russians is that they're going to get closed out, that there's gong to be a new 'Iron… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
A U.S. president who is elected amid controversy and recrimination, reviled by a large segment of the electorate, and mired in domestic… — Fiona Hill Foreign policy Copy Share Image
The Russians thrive on misinformation and disinformation. — Fiona Hill Disinformation Copy Share Image
We've got ourselves into a situation where government service is somehow seen to be a political act rather than an act of… — Fiona Hill Civic duty Copy Share Image
New ties between Russia and Japan would mark not only a breakthrough in their relations but also a significant shift in Northeast… — Fiona Hill Japan 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
There's no prospect that the Russians are going to send Snowden back. Snowden is in the land of spy swaps now. Putin… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
Tough sanctions would mean saying to BP, Exxon, Chevron, Shell, Boeing and Siemens that they can't do business in Russia. — Fiona Hill Business Copy Share Image
Because the more you engage with someone who is spreading untruths, the more validity you give to those untruths. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
Outside of the Moscow elite and a very small urban elite, Russia is one great big blue-collar country. — Fiona Hill 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 Copy Share Image
Few issues better illustrate the limits of the Obama administration's 'reset' with Russia than the crisis in Syria. — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
People in Washington, D.C., may not be paying that much attention to what's happening in Chechnya, but people in Riyadh and Amman… — Fiona Hill Attention Copy Share Image
Indeed, for Russia, inconsistency is an integral part of its foreign policy strategy, particularly under Putin. — Fiona Hill Consistency 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 Copy Share Image
And being forceful with the United States and not letting the United States have its way, is always good politics in the… — Fiona Hill 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 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
