Kathleen Troia McFarland Quotes

We are aware of the strategic location of Kuwait, besides the stable region.

King of the Arabs

I can't think of a time when we've had a region emerge as suddenly to become as strategically significant as the Caspian.

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. That is why we are in contact with most of the problems forever, let us say, whether directly or indirectly.

Maybe Iraq will come back and become the dominant power among Arab countries. That seems to me as conceivable.

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

Egypt is coming back - is becoming - is going to become, you know, a center of excellence for the region and maybe for the rest of the world.

It is no exaggeration to say that Syria holds the key for nearly all of America's foreign policy goals in the Middle East. As Syria goes, so goes the region.

The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.

Jordan seeks to play only one role, that of a model state. It is our aim to set an example for our Arab brethren, not one that they need follow but one that will inspire them to seek a higher, happier destiny within their own borders.

A lot of Iran's empowerment is a result of the war in Iraq.

Is Turkey one of the Ayrab countries with which you don't get on very well?

I think it's reality that Iran is going to have influence in Iraq. All elements of Iraq accepted that.

China has been developing, growing in economic strength and its influence in the region. That will continue.

I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands.

I do believe - I very strongly believe that the Arab nations would be willing to put together an Arab NATO-like structure.

Israel is the strongest nation in the Middle East, but we have to apply our strength wisely.

Iran must stop meddling in the affairs of Arab countries, and we refuse to be taken by Iran to an axis against Arab countries.

If U.S. mistakes in the Middle East helped Putin raise Russia's global profile, China's missteps and hubris in East and Southeast Asia, once called Indo-China, have opened up new spaces for India's profile to be raised.

Peace in Syria is not only our priority; it's a Middle Eastern priority, and when the Middle East is stable, the rest of the world is stable, because the Middle East is the heart of the world geographically and geopolitically, and Syria is the heart of the Middle East geographically and geopolitically.

There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce and contain more than half our inhabitants.

Iran is undertaking a massive effort to expand its influence in southern Iraq. At the same time, that influence decreases the more the political process in Iraq progresses.

Turkey in general became too involved with what is happening in Egypt and in Syria. Some politicians with neo-Ottoman dreams developed this idea of being a major player in the Middle East, which hasn't gone as expected.

This document will play an important role in protecting the strategic interests of Russia and Uzbekistan and ensuring stability and security in the region, which some politicians call Russia's soft underbelly. It's not a secret that after the Soviet collapse and especially in recent years, Central Asia has become the focus of interest of major nations because of its geographic location and rich mineral resources.