Common Quote by John F. Kerry

My hope is that the president-elect [Donald Trump] coming in takes a similarly constructive approach, finding areas where we can cooperate with Russia, where…

— Barack Obama

The way I think of it is that Russia is not going to change fundamentally. They may change tactics; they may look at their…

— Kurt Volker

President-elect Trump has said he would like to improve relations with Russia. His choice for defense secretary views Russia as America's number one threat.

— Steve Inskeep

Russia may very well be front and center again in 2020 as they were in 2016 regarding interference in America's presidential election. But the…

— Richard Painter

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 believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of…

— Vladimir Putin

I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the Russian people,…

— Hillary Clinton

I don't make any secret of the fact that I'm closer to the Republicans than to the Democrats. But even under a President Hillary…

— Garry Kasparov

Russia has a very sophisticated, advanced attack on U.S. businesses and U.S. government and U.S. institutions. And it's not like Donald Trump is going…

— David Brooks

If we blunt Russian efforts now to be aggressive, we may be pleasantly surprised by the policy options that become available to us, in…

— Daniel Fried

American democracy faces a massive challenge. I don't think it is a certainty that we're headed toward Putin's Russia, as some commentariat does. But…

— Jonathan Chait

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