Stephen Kinzer Quotes

We have an interest in excellent relations because we are neighbours as Europeans with Russia. We are allies with the United States in the NATO framework.

It's overwhelmingly in the self-interest of the United States of America to have a secure, democratic friend, a strategic partner like Israel.

I think within Japan there is talk about how there is the need to reassess the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance.

NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.

Israel is absolutely critical to American national security.

There is an alliance between Israel and the United States, and it has never been stronger than at the time of George W. Bush.

Russia is emerging as an essential diplomatic and security partner for the U.S. in Syria, despite the Obama administration's opposition to Moscow's support for President Bashar al-Assad.

I'm hugely delighted with the presence of U.S. Armed Forces in the Polish territory.

The U.S.-Israel relationship is so important.

The U.S. has always been an indispensable ally.

There are very complicated issues here [about NATO], and I don't want to give them short shrift.

America is the one that has led the effort to strengthen NATO and strengthen the front-line states against Russia's pressures.

In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.

Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.

To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate.

The E.U.'s Eastern Partnership programme is designed to bind the so-called focus states tightly to itself, shutting down the possibility of co-operation with Russia.

I want you to know what I have told Australia's Parliament in Canberra - what I told General Petraeus in Kabul - what I told President Obama in the Oval Office this week. Australia will stand firm with our ally the United States.

I will tell you that the special relationship that America has with the Israeli people transcends any of the politics.

So for mutual interest, I do want American presence in this region.

I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.

The U.S.-China relationship, of course, has elements of both cooperation and competition.

We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.

I'm absolutely convinced of that. Israel is the representative of the United States in that part of the world. Its policies are so integrated with American policies that they use the same language.

The relationship between Israel and the United States is a bond of - it's just a very powerful bond. It was, it is, and will be and will continue to be.

China-Pakistan relationship is indeed special because it transcends the changes of the times and politics and represents a fine example of friendly state-to-state interactions.