Elizabeth Kostova Quotes

And Israel, being a tiny, small country, of course has interest to strengthen - we have interest to strengthen our relations with other countries, mostly countries that were hostile for many, many years.

Turkey can be a bridge to regimes and actions the United States can't reach. Turkey can talk to people the United States can't talk to.

I've been to China and Russia, and I don't know anything about Chinese or Soviet relations.

Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.

Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them.

Multilateralism may be little more than a polite way of camouflaging what is in practice unilateralism with allies.

The United States has better relations with the countries of Asia than any of them have with each other.

Even allies don’t share every single interest that you have. That’s a law of nature in the international system. They will tell you most of what you need to know but there may be some things that they don’t tell you that you need to know in order to formulate your policy as wisely as you can.

As our relationship with China grows and matures, tensions will naturally emerge.

America needs an adult in the White House who knows how to deal with China.

I believe that we do not share as many values with Russia yet as we do with the United States. On the other hand, we have a strong interest in Russia developing in a reasonable direction.

I would have said, before the World Trade Center events, that he would try to get a normal relationship with China - making clear to China what the limits are of what America can accept, but also showing understanding for some of Chinese necessities. I thought he was moving towards the position that I have more or less advocated.

Many Americans have no idea of what has been the foreign policy of their country. If you don't know about something, you can't understand what is going on.

I think I'd have a good relationship with Putin. Who knows? He's been a leader far more than Barack Obama has been a leader.

Multilateralism is not an easy option. We're going to find that the world is very difficult. And relationships between America and the rest of the world are very difficult.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

How have relations with Iran and Belarus benefited Venezuela? We are interested in countries that have democracies, that respect human rights, that we have an affinity with. What affinity do we have with Iran?

We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington.

Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.

Obama's foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront.

In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.

We are living in a different world now. You can see it everywhere in international relations: It was noteworthy that, after his visit to Washington, the Chinese president's next stop was Saudi Arabia.

If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner.

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

Unilateral preemption should not in any way be the model for how we conduct international relations.