Cold Quote by Stephen Kinzer

I could see America playing a slightly smaller role in the Middle East but I would not see us abandoning the region and just…

— Thomas Friedman

The United States does not have a very good record in the Middle East. I think they have the best of intentions but I…

— Moshe Arens

“The most costly and protracted Middle East conflict of this era, the Iran-Iraq war of 1980–8, had nothing to do with the Cold War,…

— Fred Halliday

Unfortunately, the belief that U.S. military presence throughout the Middle East is no longer necessary - that we should simply bring our soldiers home…

— Michael Waltz

Washington sees the various local and national conflicts in the Middle East as part of a battle for regional hegemony between the U.S. and…

— Stephen Kinzer

“Since 1947, official American policy towards the Soviet Union had been one of containment short of war; but the same geostrategic principles did not…

— Malcolm H. Murfett

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

— Barack Obama

The United States has a lot of influence in a country like Afghanistan, but it also has influence throughout the Middle East.

— Neera Tanden

People nowadays don't know about the Cold War and the U.S.'s old rivalry with the U.S.S.R.

— Hideo Kojima

During the Cold War, America took sides not only in disputes between Arab countries, but also in debates within them.

— Stephen Kinzer

I think the Cold War works as a great analogy or simile for different kinds of conflict. It's funny, when you look back at…

— Matthew Rhys

“It is unrealistic to imagine a US geostrategic vision which sees its pivotal interests linked exclusively to the Pacific region. More appropriately, we need…

— Nayef Al-Rodhan