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2. “I think it is natural that every country has to take care of its interests, but there are some interests that are common to all countries. There are some human interests, or we need also international cooperation. We’ve sometimes confused it with dictation.”
George Soros
International Relations, Cooperation, Global Issues, Politics, Diplomacy
5. “The Westphalian peace reflected a practical accommodation to reality, not a unique moral insight. It relied on a system of independent states refraining from interference in each other’s domestic affairs and checking each other’s ambitions through a general equilibrium of power.” Henry Kissinger History, Diplomacy, Politics, Sovereignty, International Relations
6. “The Chinese, on the other hand, were in the position of having an American military spy plane on a Chinese military base and they had their own internal problems to deal with. At first, the Chinese weren’t all that belligerent. They were just stalling to get their own bureaucracy in line.” Henry Kissinger China, Diplomacy, Politics, International Relations, Bureaucracy
8. “Whenever peace – conceived as the avoidance of war – has been the primary objective of a power or a group of powers, the international system has been at the mercy of the most ruthless member of the international community.” Henry Kissinger Peace, War, International Relations, Power, Global Politics
16. “America must distill a common understanding with a country that is the central eventual prize targeted by both the Sunni and the Shia versions of jihad and whose efforts, however circuitous, will be essential in fostering a constructive regional evolution.” Henry Kissinger Geopolitics, Diplomacy, Middle East, Conflict Resolution, International Relations
19. “A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. The only value in our two nations possessing nuclear weapons is to make sure they will never be used. But then would it not be better to do away with them entirely?” Ronald Reagan Nuclear War, Disarmament, Peace, International Relations, Security
30. “Projectile, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous.” Ambrose Bierce Warfare, Diplomacy, Violence, Military Technology, International Relations
International Relations Quotes by Famous Authors
2. “I think it is natural that every country has to take care of its interests, but there are some interests that are common to all countries. There are some human interests, or we need also international cooperation. We’ve sometimes confused it with dictation.”
George Soros International Relations, Cooperation, Global Issues, Politics, Diplomacy
5. “The Westphalian peace reflected a practical accommodation to reality, not a unique moral insight. It relied on a system of independent states refraining from interference in each other’s domestic affairs and checking each other’s ambitions through a general equilibrium of power.”
Henry Kissinger History, Diplomacy, Politics, Sovereignty, International Relations
6. “The Chinese, on the other hand, were in the position of having an American military spy plane on a Chinese military base and they had their own internal problems to deal with. At first, the Chinese weren’t all that belligerent. They were just stalling to get their own bureaucracy in line.”
Henry Kissinger China, Diplomacy, Politics, International Relations, Bureaucracy
8. “Whenever peace – conceived as the avoidance of war – has been the primary objective of a power or a group of powers, the international system has been at the mercy of the most ruthless member of the international community.”
Henry Kissinger Peace, War, International Relations, Power, Global Politics
16. “America must distill a common understanding with a country that is the central eventual prize targeted by both the Sunni and the Shia versions of jihad and whose efforts, however circuitous, will be essential in fostering a constructive regional evolution.”
Henry Kissinger Geopolitics, Diplomacy, Middle East, Conflict Resolution, International Relations
19. “A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. The only value in our two nations possessing nuclear weapons is to make sure they will never be used. But then would it not be better to do away with them entirely?”
Ronald Reagan Nuclear War, Disarmament, Peace, International Relations, Security
30. “Projectile, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous.”
Ambrose Bierce Warfare, Diplomacy, Violence, Military Technology, International Relations
