Expansion Quote by Fiona Hill

The Cold War was obviously driven by a very intense ideological struggle that was very clearly defined.

— Fiona Hill

Outside of the Moscow elite and a very small urban elite, Russia is one great big blue-collar country.

— Fiona Hill

People in Washington, D.C., may not be paying that much attention to what's happening in Chechnya, but people in Riyadh and Amman and elsewhere…

— Fiona Hill

I have worked hard and emigrated to the U.S., and I think of myself as working class but I'm probably not any more.

— Fiona Hill

We've got ourselves into a situation where government service is somehow seen to be a political act rather than an act of civic duty…

— Fiona Hill

For Putin, Syria is all too reminiscent of Chechnya. Both conflicts pitted the state against disparate and leaderless opposition forces, which over time came…

— Fiona Hill

The Russians didn't invent partisan divides. The Russians haven't invented racism in the United States. But the Russians understand a lot of those divisions…

— Fiona Hill

New ties between Russia and Japan would mark not only a breakthrough in their relations but also a significant shift in Northeast Asia's political…

— Fiona Hill

In the instance of Iran for Russia, Iran is a very important counterweight to the Sunni Muslim powers in the Gulf, but Russia's always…

— Fiona Hill

You could say that by standing up to Russia, the U.S. is finally getting some balls.

— Fiona Hill

So with President Obama, he's a very different style. Very thoughtful, posed.

— Fiona Hill