Henry Kissinger: “If one negotiates a freeze of the existing situation, one has thereby legitimized a Korean military capability.”

I cannot conceive of a war between China and the United States.

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

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

I believe it likely that the leadership realizes that it is very difficult, if not impossible, for them to carry out the domestic changes in an atmosphere of Cold War with the United States.