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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
33. “But I believe in fair trade, and I will tell you, I have many, many friends heading up corporations, and people that do just business in China, they say it’s virtually impossible. It’s very, very hard to come into China. And yet, we welcome them with open arms.” Donald Trump Business, Trade, China, Fair Trade, International Relations
37. “There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and the anger - they come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they're rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.” Noam Chomsky American Values, Global Perception, US Foreign Policy, Political Hypocrisy, International Relations
39. “Over the years, there have been a series of concepts developed to justify the use of force in international affairs for a long period. It was possible to justify it on the pretext, which usually turned out to have very little substance, that the U.S. was defending itself against the communist menace. By the 1980s, that was wearing pretty thin.” Noam Chomsky US Foreign Policy, Justification Of Force, Cold War, Communism, International Relations
46. “To say that the United States has pursued diplomacy with North Korea is a little bit misleading. It did under the Clinton administration, though neither side completely lived up to their obligations. Clinton didn't do what was promised, nor did North Korea, but they were making progress.” Noam Chomsky Diplomacy, North Korea, US Foreign Policy, Clinton Administration, International Relations
48. “International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.” Noam Chomsky International Relations, Power Dynamics, Obedience, Global Politics, Political Metaphor
49. “What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded. The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.” Noam Chomsky Cuban Missile Crisis, Cold War, Nuclear Threat, Historical Revisionism, International Relations
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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
33. “But I believe in fair trade, and I will tell you, I have many, many friends heading up corporations, and people that do just business in China, they say it’s virtually impossible. It’s very, very hard to come into China. And yet, we welcome them with open arms.”
Donald Trump Business, Trade, China, Fair Trade, International Relations
37. “There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and the anger - they come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they're rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.”
Noam Chomsky American Values, Global Perception, US Foreign Policy, Political Hypocrisy, International Relations
39. “Over the years, there have been a series of concepts developed to justify the use of force in international affairs for a long period. It was possible to justify it on the pretext, which usually turned out to have very little substance, that the U.S. was defending itself against the communist menace. By the 1980s, that was wearing pretty thin.”
Noam Chomsky US Foreign Policy, Justification Of Force, Cold War, Communism, International Relations
46. “To say that the United States has pursued diplomacy with North Korea is a little bit misleading. It did under the Clinton administration, though neither side completely lived up to their obligations. Clinton didn't do what was promised, nor did North Korea, but they were making progress.”
Noam Chomsky Diplomacy, North Korea, US Foreign Policy, Clinton Administration, International Relations
48. “International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.”
Noam Chomsky International Relations, Power Dynamics, Obedience, Global Politics, Political Metaphor
49. “What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded. The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.”
Noam Chomsky Cuban Missile Crisis, Cold War, Nuclear Threat, Historical Revisionism, International Relations
