Ambition Quote by Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

Keep Ukraine out of NATO, urge Putin to respect international boundaries and issue a credible threat: If Russia invades Ukraine, then the United States…

— Nancy Mace

If Ukraine becomes a pro-American liberal democracy, and a member of NATO, and a member of the E.U., the Russians will consider that categorically…

— John Mearsheimer

I think in Russia's case, they want to have a Ukraine that is pro-Russian, Russia-friendly, a government they can work with. And yet, by…

— Kurt Volker

Okay, NATO expanded to East Berlin and East Germany. Under [Bill] Clinton NATO expanded further, to the former Russian satellites. In 2008 NATO formally…

— Noam Chomsky

“Russia will invade Ukraine, probably within the next few weeks. They will annex the Crimea. From there, if they meet no resistance from the…

— Tom Clancy

Around 2008 and again in 2013 NATO officially offered the Ukraine the opportunity to join NATO. That's something no Russian government is ever going…

— Noam Chomsky

Far too often the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine is to…

— Henry A. Kissinger

Everyone knows: if Russia threatens Ukraine and also has its sights on other states, this concerns the global security of Europe.

— Petro Poroshenko

The EU remains our dream. We must not give it up. Otherwise Putin would win. His goal is to undermine the EU. This is…

— Arseniy Yatsenyuk

we are dealing with a return to what might be a far more normal relationship between the West and Russia. Russia is what it…

— Marvin Kalb

With its declining population, with people moving out of the Far East, with an enormously powerful China in the east, I think the real…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski