Henry Kissinger

Russia is in my view not a strong country. Russia is a weak country with a large military establishment and a very determined leader.

My basic point is that we can maintain a favorable balance of power, but we must couple it with a political structure in which the issue of war and peace can be used as a diplomatic as well as a military expression.

If one negotiates a freeze of the existing situation, one has thereby legitimized a Korean military capability.

This raises these fundamental questions. What is the strategic relationship between these countries vis-a-vis the prospect of peace?

When there is no flexibility and a contest occurs, we have to be aware of the fact that it would have catastrophic consequences for the world.

One cannot accept the notion that Russia has a right to alter the shape of the Ukraine by its own unilateral position.

We have successfully defeated the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), but the question now is the succession, what happens next.

The United States must address all these questions at a moment when many in the wider world believe Americans have voluntarily stepped back from strong leadership.

The concern I had with the Iranian agreement was that it legitimized the eventual emergence of Iran as a nuclear power.

For us, the problem is hegemony by any one country over Eurasia is a potential threat to our security.

Senator McCain has preserved the honor of our country as a great warrior but also as someone who wherever the weak were threatened and the judged were persecuted, he made it clear that America was on their side and that he was not simply a…

I think we need a strong State Department.