Jeremy Hunt Quotes

At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.

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.

Even one billion Chinese do not a superpower make.

American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.

I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant.

So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia.

What Ottawa and Washington used to think about Turkey or Iran was not very important because we really didn't think much about either, but now what we think about them is extremely important - to ourselves and to many other peoples.

There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them.

A superpower does not have to be the bully on the block.

China is ruthlessly pragmatic. It supports North Korea for its own selfish interests. And I believe that China no longer considers us an ally. The current president, Xi Jinping, cultivates close relations with South Korea. He has never met with me, the leader of North Korea, something that the leader of China has always done. At the grand celebrations in Beijing two years ago commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, he placed the president of Russia and the president of South Korea at his side. In North Korea, we pay a lot of attention to ceremonies and what they signal.

For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, aren't we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US?

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

The dramatic rise of Turkey in the councils of world power was one of the main geopolitical developments of 2010.

Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us.

The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.

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

American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it will - and that's not going to be a good thing.

Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and pressed down forever. It is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order.

With the backdrop of its geostrategic location and historical ties with the Middle East, Turkey has an essential role to play for the stability, peace and social development of the region.

The U.S. relationship with Bahrain is obviously more complicated than with Syria and Iran.

Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers.

Public interest in most of the Middle East was slight at that time; the Arab-Israeli conflict was all that people were interested in and that was not my specialty.

I don’t think America wants democracies in the Middle East. They wouldn’t be nearly as friendly to us

Normalization of relations with the United States should not be a reward for good behavior .... It should depend on America's interests.

Very near the heart of all foreign affairs is the relationship between policy and military power.