Alliances Quote by Sergei Ivanov

A desire to contain extremism is a major reason why Putin offered help to the United States in battling the Taliban in Afghanistan after…

— Fiona Hill

We know that russians are deeply engaged in supporting Assad because they want to have a place in the Middle East. They have a…

— Hillary Clinton

It is in Pakistan's own interest that the Afghan army is able to fight effectively against the Taliban, which is more likely if they…

— Peter Bergen

Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.

— Vladimir Putin

Since the mid-1990s, Russian leaders have adamantly opposed NATO enlargement, and in recent years, they have made it clear that they would not stand…

— John Mearsheimer

Russia should join the international coalition against Islamic State. It is absurd that we are intervening on the side of the Shiites in a…

— Alexei Navalny

Russia wants stability along its Western borders, neighbors who treat their Russian minorities with respect and prosperous trading partners. NATO enlargement promotes such developments.

— Antony Blinken

I saw the relation with Russia as necessary to the U.S., for the interests of the U.S. We worked very closely with them on…

— Michael T. Flynn

Is such an alliance helpful to us in this day and age? Are we creating a cold war in order to justify NATO?

— Jill Stein

Today Russia announced that it will join America's fight with the terror group ISIS. Then Putin said, "But I did not say which side.

— Jimmy Fallon

We're trying to find areas of cooperation with Russia in the area of counterterrorism and the campaign against ISIS.

— H. R. McMaster

Russia is emerging as an essential diplomatic and security partner for the U.S. in Syria, despite the Obama administration's opposition to Moscow's support for…

— David Ignatius