I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena – the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation. Zbigniew Brzezinski Read Quote
I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety? Zbigniew Brzezinski Read Quote
The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel. Zbigniew Brzezinski Read Quote
Eurasia is home to most of the world’s politically assertive and dynamic states. Zbigniew Brzezinski Read Quote
World War II and the ensuing Cold War compelled the United States to develop a sustained commitment to Western Europe and the Far East. Zbigniew Brzezinski Read Quote
There may be circumstances in which damaging our relationship with countries over human rights is counterproductive and the benefits to human rights may be very small because of our limited capacity to enforce our stance. That was the dilemma the United States faced after Tiananmen Square. Zbigniew Brzezinski Read Quote
According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979. Zbigniew Brzezinski Read Quote
If the United States and China can accommodate each other on a broad range of issues, the prospects for stability in Asia will be greatly increased. Zbigniew Brzezinski Read Quote
As America’s nuclear strategic monopoly faded, the United States sought to create advantages elsewhere, notably in the peaceful cooperation between the United States and communist China under Deng Xiaoping. Zbigniew Brzezinski Read Quote
You go to Paris, or you go to Portugal, you go to Poland, and you ask, ‘Who are you people?’ They’ll tell you, we’re Portuguese, we’re Spanish, we’re Polish. Who are the people that are really European? The people in Brussels, in the E.U. bureaucracy. Europe has not been able to move to the level of patriotic identification with the concept. Zbigniew Brzezinski Read Quote
