Competition Quote by Hillary Clinton

Putin is a despot, and he's a very good despot. And he will see things in a narrow way. What is good for Russia?…

— Marvin Kalb

In light of Trump's irresponsible behavior, even Putin may decide that it was time to recalculate Russian interests. This could happen quite quickly if…

— Richard A. Falk

Vladimir Putin wants practical things, like the end of economic sanctions, but he also wants far greater sway in Europe and in the overall…

— David Remnick

My impression is that Putin feels that he can basically manipulate the West to do what he ultimately wants to achieve, and that he…

— Leon Panetta

I think Putin wants to recreate as much of the Soviet Union as he can through a variety of different means. He's invaded parts…

— David Petraeus

President Putin will run again in the 2018 election. He wants to be the czar of this new Russian empire that he is rebuilding.…

— Alexei Navalny

I think it's part of Vladimir Putin's nature to define Russian success in foreign policy as thwarting the United States. That's in his nature.…

— Ashton Carter

Putin has the ability to advance his interests in many different ways. Sometimes tactical diplomacy can help.

— Fiona Hill

Trump wants to make peace; he wants to see Ukrainian conflict resolved; he wants to see Ukraine get its territory back. It's crystal clear.…

— Kurt Volker

Russian strategy seems to center on maintaining Putin's popularity at home; building a strong military capacity in special forces, nuclear weapons, and advanced submarines;…

— James G. Stavridis

I think that Putin's strategy has been throwing a lot of money, fairly haphazardly, at a lot of projects aimed at disrupting Western relations…

— Masha Gessen

Mr Putin surely knows that the costs of conquering and occupying large amounts of territory in eastern Europe would be prohibitive for Russia.

— John Mearsheimer