Attention Quote by John Mearsheimer

From the start of his administration, President Barack Obama had tried to lower tensions with Russia and refocus American attention on a rising China;…

— Keith Gessen

Obama confuses collective action and defence through Nato with the integration at all costs and damn the consequences ideology that too often motivates the…

— Penny Mordaunt

“This was not what they wanted to hear because ever since Barack Obama had become president in 2009, the main policy of the US…

— Bill Browder

George W. Bush tried working with the Russians after 9/11; Obama had the reset. Both presidents achieved less than they wanted, but they both…

— Daniel Fried

Few issues better illustrate the limits of the Obama administration's 'reset' with Russia than the crisis in Syria.

— Fiona Hill

When President Clinton opened NATO's doors in 1994, some predicted a crisis with Russia. That did not occur, mainly because the Kremlin understood that…

— Antony Blinken

NATO and the USA wanted a complete victory over the Soviet Union. They wanted to sit on the throne in Europe alone.

— Vladimir Putin

As the Cold War came to a close, Soviet leaders preferred that U.S. forces remain in Europe and NATO stay intact, an arrangement they…

— John Mearsheimer

Now, whether that was Russia, whether that was China, whether it was another country, we don't know, because the truth is, under President [Barack]…

— Donald Trump

It's worth remembering George W. Bush, Barack Obama also came in thinking they had the magic key to better, warmer relations with Russia; those…

— Rich Lowry

With regards to the expansion of NATO, I see it as a mistake, even a provocation in a way.

— Sergei Lavrov

NATO expansion, E.U. expansion, and turning Ukraine and Georgia and other countries into liberal democracies were all about creating a giant zone of peace…

— John Mearsheimer