Country Quote by Henry A. Kissinger

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not…

— Fareed Zakaria

Russia has lost an empire but not yet found a role. Russia has to decide what it wants to be. And as we know…

— Timothy Garton Ash

Russia comes from a place of deep resentment against the West, in general, and the United States in particular. They are rapacious, because they…

— Daniel Fried

The Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries.

— Henry A. Kissinger

Putinsim is not necessarily the end state for Russia. Russia has moved in many directions since the early 1980s.

— Daniel Fried

Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep…

— Vladimir Putin

The sudden collapse of the monarchy that had ruled Russia for three hundred years led to chaos. Russia immediately became, as one participant put…

— Keith Gessen

When vital interests are at stake, countries are invariably willing to suffer great pain to ensure their security. There is no reason to think…

— John Mearsheimer

Putin wants to reestablish Russian greatness, not as the Cold War, but in 19th century empire terms.

— William J. Clinton

Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

In my opinion, this vicious circle will be broken by history itself. Because sticking to the current form of governance, which is to say…

— Garry Kasparov

Russia has always had a global history. Global history is a bummer. You suffer invasions of all different kinds. And Russia was not defended…

— Ian Frazier