Vladimir Putin Quotes

International relations bears more than a slight resemblance to the mafia.

Every government is in some respects a problem for every other government.

Diplomacy can and will matter; little is inevitable in international relations.

Donald Trump is an American presidential nominee who was describing Russia in terms that they haven't heard almost ever. And so there is a belief that Donald Trump would be a collaborative, willing and I think perhaps quite able partner.

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.

The US wished things to turn out as they did, and worked to bring this about. The department of state desired that the UN prove utterly ineffective in whatever measures it undertook. This task was given to me, and I carried it forward with no inconsiderable success.

My main concern is with the world order

Global politics remains extremely complex and countries have different interests, which will also lead them to make what might seem as rather bizarre friends and allies.

The statesmen still say that we should not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations and yet it is not possible any longer not to interfere, even when we do not mean to do so.

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

Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.

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

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

The matter of international relations is very subtle and exquisite.

Foreign Policy has to be less foreign.

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

All foreign policy is the intervention of one nation's domestic politics into another nation's domestic politics.

The origins of the principle of the balance of power are lost in the mists of history.

The United States may have to abandon its policy of avoiding entangling alliances.

You cannot have individual foreign policy. You cannot have celebrity foreign policy.

It is the natural desire of each nation to use the other as an instrument of its own purposes and policies. By dint of our mutual dependence, your influence is amplified by our power. Our power is made more responsible and more effective by your influence.

Political and security realities have reduced the scope of American unilateralism.

There is no such thing as gratitude in international politics.

The situation that exists among nations in their relations to one another is such that it tempts even those who ordinarily come far short of cynicism to say that there is no connection between ethics and international relations.

We have normal relations with lots of countries whose leadership we do not like..