Ian Bremmer Quotes

I'm worried for a war to break out between Saudi Arabia and Iran, even though I rule it out.

Saudi Arabia needs friends. We are in a war in Yemen, in a confrontation with Iran, so we need friends like Canada, Europe.

Clearly, the Iranians are well aware that Teheran would be turned into a field of glass and sand if they ever stepped toward open war with Israel or Saudi Arabia.

Iraq is not about oil.

No border that touches Israel is always secure.

I think Syria is in a particularly sensitive geopolitical position in terms of the politics of the Middle East.

I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.

Lebanon will be engulfed again in a huge power game that will last quite a long time. This is the tragic destiny of Lebanon.

If Iran and North Korea, by some horrible, devilish, nightmarish scenario, got together and went to war at the same time, one against Saudi Arabia and one against South Korea, I don't know what we would do about that. I don't know that we could stop them short of using nuclear weapons.

Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose rulers are perhaps more terrified of women than rulers anywhere else in the world, allowed limited municipal elections.

I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.

Anybody who believes that we can democratize Iran, Iraq and Syria by military force is living in a fantasy world.

Biggest risk by far is strategic and is in the post-war period. When the British took over after WWII from the Ottomans, they found themselves being assassinated from almost the first day and saw the whole area in open rebellion within a year...What do we do when small bands of fanatic Muslims start creeping across the border from Iraq, Syria, or Saudi Arabia?

We are caught in the Middle East in supporting the bad guys in order to get rid of the worse guys.

If Iranian Missiles Hit Israel, I Will Dance in Trafalgar Square.

Turkey is a plague spot … a breeder of wars

The so called “Arab Spring” … is really a situation which is creating more threats so far than positive incentives.

The Islamic Revolution of Iran has been killing Americans, hundreds of Americans, for 35 years in Iraq and Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

The threats against Israel are growing.

Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.

In many... cases, of course, the Arab Spring has brought about instability rather than greater stability. And rather than bringing about government that is more representative and more responsive to the people, you're seeing, frankly, the opposite, or you're seeing all-out war.

We are a primary target for the Iranian regime... We won't wait for the battle to be in Saudi Arabia. Instead, we'll work so that the battle is for them in Iran.

Can you imagine what will happen to the global economy if Iran comes out with a nuclear weapon? The whole area will enter a nuclear race - Saudi Arabia, Turkey.

Look at what's happening, how Iran is taunting us. Look at what's going on, look at the world.

Obviously Iran is a very large problem. It's hard to decide what the number one issue [is], but that is a very threatening problem.