Able Quote by Vaclav Havel

When vital interests are at stake, countries are invariably willing to suffer great pain to ensure their security. There is no reason to think…

— John Mearsheimer

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

— Rashid Khalidi

Russia's assertiveness in global affairs is something I look upon with great concern, which we need to address with eyes wide open and a…

— Dan Coats

We have seen very clearly over these past years that there are quite a few people who are sceptical, or let us put it…

— Vladimir Putin

American politicians have openly said that the sanctions are aimed at bringing about regime change in Russia. That's aggressive enough.

— Sergey Karaganov

I don't believe that Russia's a threat for Europe. I think that's a big scam.

— Marine Le Pen

If we blunt Russian efforts now to be aggressive, we may be pleasantly surprised by the policy options that become available to us, in…

— Daniel Fried

I think it's safe to say that the Russians are extremely interested in anything that has to do with the U.S. political system. And…

— Dmitri Alperovitch

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

In the instance of Iran for Russia, Iran is a very important counterweight to the Sunni Muslim powers in the Gulf, but Russia's always…

— Fiona Hill

I'm concerned about Donald Trump's relationship with Russia that ignores Russia's aggressiveness in its near abroad. I'm concerned about the willingness to question alliances…

— James Franklin Jeffrey

Like any country with sophisticated intelligence services, Russia has long been a careful student of U.S. freedoms, laws and the constraints of its main…

— Asha Rangappa