Assault Quote by Daniel Fried

What [Russians] want to do is undermine the Western liberal order.

— Daniel Fried

To advance from a nuanced dissent to a compelling vision, progressive policymakers should turn to the great mainstay of twentieth-century U.S. foreign policy: liberal…

— Suzanne Nossel

By virtually every metric, the liberal international order has made the world healthier, wealthier, wiser, more secure and more tolerant than it has ever…

— Antony Blinken

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

The West is pathetically naive about Russian reformers. We long to believe they are real liberals, but no liberal will ever rule Russia.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

I ask myself whether Russia is moving in the direction of democracy. I don't believe it is! Bit by bit, Russia is slipping back…

— Vladimir Sorokin

Russia may soon get another chance to move closer to the West, to make a step - I do believe the first step toward…

— Vladimir Voinovich

Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right…

— Jack Keane

The threat to Russia isn't liberal Europe or America. It is nonliberal Islam and nonliberal China. Russia has to change. It can't be otherwise.…

— Adam Michnik

Russia is the biggest threat to the international order, not the Islamic State, not Iran, although I have problems with Iran, and not China.…

— Wendy Sherman

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

“As in 1917, the drift towards authoritarian government under Putin was enabled by the weakness of the middle classes and public institutions in post-Soviet…

— Orlando Figes