Critique Quote by Steve Inskeep

President Biden's weak 'wait and see' foreign policy strategy has only emboldened Russia to accelerate its aggression towards Ukraine and our European allies.

— Nicole Malliotakis

I want to be clear that when you mention the Republican critique of President Obama, that is not President-elect Trump's critique, right? So you…

— Michael McFaul

America is not really a strong enough state for us to regard it as an enemy of Russia.

— Ramzan Kadyrov

We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.

— Lloyd Austin

I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the key governments…

— Daniel Fried

I think it's part of Vladimir Putin's nature to define Russian success in foreign policy as thwarting the United States. That's in his nature.…

— Ashton Carter

We're opposing Russia's aggression against Ukraine, which is a threat to the world, as we saw in the appalling shoot-down of MH17.

— Barack Obama

Russia is a difficult country to deal with, but I think that American policy on Russia has been foolish in the extreme.

— Rashid Khalidi

And being forceful with the United States and not letting the United States have its way, is always good politics in the Russian domestic…

— Fiona Hill

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

“The Ukraine is still under Russian influence, even if they did give us independence. Ethnic Russians number 22% of our population. The facts remain…

— Nicholas Anderson

We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to…

— Warren Christopher