geopolitics quotes

Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily, and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on the society.

In 1979, Iranians carried out an illegitimate act: They overthrew a tyrant that the United States had imposed and supported, and moved on an independent path, not following U.S. orders.

Putin sought to destabilize Ukraine’s economy.

Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.

When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has.

As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don’t know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they’re developing what’s called ‚nuclear capability,‘ which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That’s not a crime.

Pakistan is not a unified country.

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn’t come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn’t resurging. It didn’t work out.

I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have to assume that with a nuclear program they have the capability and the will to create a nuclear weapon.

There has come into being a kind of a Shia belt from Tehran through Baghdad to Beirut. And this gives Iran the opportunity to reconstruct the ancient Persian Empire – this time under the Shia label.

Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way. But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.

NATO has been a thread throughout my life.

You can’t make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can’t make peace without Syria.

The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.

The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples.

Israel is following policies which maximise its security threats… policies which choose expansion over security… policies which lead to their moral degradation, their isolation, their delegitimation, as they call it now, and very likely ultimate destruction. That’s not impossible.

I consider ISIS nothing more than an excuse for Iran to continue its mischief.

Iran is not an enemy of ISIS; they have a lot to gain from the turmoil that ISIS creates.

Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.

The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.