Henry Kissinger: “When there is no flexibility and a contest occurs, we have to be aware of the fact that it would have catastrophic…”

Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.

One's effort should be not to break up Russia, but to retain Russia in the system in some fashion.

Well, I read what I guess was an early version--somehow it was sent to me--of the national security strategy. And I liked the beginning of it because it talked about our commitment to getting rid of nuclear weapons. But as you read on, it…

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