Dream Quote by Michael McFaul

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

Mr. Putin's goal is to push Russia's borders farther west, to control Ukraine's substantial agricultural exports and natural resources, and to destabilize Europe's and…

— Tom Suozzi

What Donald Trump is determined to do, as someone who has spent a lifetime looking for deals, is to see if we can have…

— Mike Pence

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

Most Americans are sympathetic to Ukraine and understand Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion is the next big step in his goal of recreating the…

— Michael Waltz

Vladimir Putin would like to have more influence in Ukraine. He would like to have Ukraine always knocked slightly off balance so that they…

— Kimberly Zisk Marten

Hillary Clinton's Russian re-set policy gave Moscow permission to go from privately challenging U.S. foreign policy to publicly moving military hardware into Syria to…

— Richard Grenell

Putin doesn't need Donbass (east Ukraine). He wants to determine the fate of the world at talks with a U.S. President, putin is dreaming…

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Putin wants nothing less than to return Russia to the center of global politics by challenging the primacy that the United States has enjoyed…

— Ivo Daalder

In a sense, the central problem in U.S.-Russian relations has been a form of psychological projection. Putin views foreign policy as a means of…

— Tom Malinowski

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

— Fiona Hill

Putin responds to threats, to illegal sanctions, and to incessant propaganda with statements that governments need to respect each other's national interests and to…

— Paul Craig Roberts