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Zbigniew Brzezinski

Zbigniew Kazimierz "Zbig" Brzezinski (/ˈsbɪɡnjɛf brəˈzɪnski/; Polish: [ˈzbʲiɡɲɛf kaˈʑimʲɛʐ bʐɛˈʑiɲskʲi] ( listen); March 28, 1928 – May 26, 2017) was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was President Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981. Brzezinski belonged to the realist school of international relations, standing in the geopolitical tradition of Halford Mackinder and Nicholas J. Spykman.

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I think the US has the right to have its own national security policy. I think most Americans would agree with that. And therefore clarity on this issue is important and especially if we commit ourselves, explicitly and bindingly, to Israel's security.

Explicitly, Israel, Issue, Issues, Think, Thinking

The key point to bear in mind is that Russia cannot be in Europe without Ukraine also being in Europe, whereas Ukraine can be in Europe without Russia being in Europe.

Europe, Keys, Point, Russia, Ukraine

What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the cold war?

Empire, Europe, History, Important, War

According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahideen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979. But the reality, secretly guarded until now, is completely otherwise. Indeed, it was July 3, 1979 that President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. And that very day, I wrote a note to the president in which I explained to him that in my opinion this aid was going to induce a Soviet military intervention.

Army, Directive, Military, Opinion, Reality, Regime

We cannot leap into world government through one quick step. . . The precondition for eventual and genuine globalization is progressive regionalization because by that we move toward larger, more stable, more cooperative units.

Cooperative, Moving, Progressive, Stable, Steps, World Government

Henceforth, the United States may have to determine how to cope with regional coalitions that seek to push America out of Eurasia, thereby threatening America's status as a global power.

America, Henceforth, May, Push, Status, United States

Let's face it: The Jewish community is the most active political community in American society.

American, Community, Face, Faces, Political

A great deal of world politics is a fundamental struggle, but it is also a struggle that has to be waged intelligently.

Struggle, Fundamentals, World, Fundamental

We have to make a really cold judgement. Would the consequence of civil war be more devastating than the consequences of staying the course?.

Cold, Consequence, Consequences, Judgement, War

Like so many empires before it, the Soviet Union eventually imploded and fragmented, falling victim not so much to a direct military defeat as to disintegration accelerated by economic and social strains.

Accelerated, Disintegration, Fall, Military, Union, Unions

However, if Moscow regains control over Ukraine, with its 52 million people and major resources as well as access to the Black Sea, Russia automatically again regains the wherewithal to become a powerful imperial state, spanning Europe and Asia.

Access, Powerful, Russia, Sea, Ukraine

There is an element of paranoia in this inclination to view any serious attempt at a compromised peace as somehow directed against Israel.

Elements, Inclination, Israel, Paranoia, View, Views

The scope of America's global hegemony is admittedly great, but its depth is shallow, limited by both domestic and external restraints.

Admittedly, America, Depth, Hegemony, Restraints, Shallow

With its declining population, with people moving out of the Far East, with an enormously powerful China in the east, I think the real destiny of Russia is to become closer to the West.

China, Destiny, Moving, Powerful, Real, Think

The fact is that one significant way the Iranians have a posture different from the North Koreans, the North Koreans basically are saying we have a nuclear program. We are seeking weapons. We have produced weapons. We're proud of the fact that we have weapons.

Different, North, Nuclear, Proud, Saying, Significant

I was confident about America and the idea that in America people can become American without masking their ethnic identity.

America, Become, Ideas, Masking, People

I can't believe that the Russians really think they're more insecure because Estonia is in NATO. And we don't have forces poised in Estonia to attack Russia.

Attack, Believe, Insecure, Nato, Thinking

If a new president personalizes a rather different concept of America and a different sense of America's mission in the world than has been the case with president George W. Bush, then that almost automatically will help to improve America's global image. But the tangibles involving the war and the economy are not going to be easy to fix.

Different, George, Help, Mission, President, War

Iraq may have been a preview of that, but it's still redeemable if we get out fast. In a war with Iran, we'll get dragged down for 20 or 30 years. The world will condemn us. We will lose our position in the world.

Iran, Position, War, World, Years

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

Bipartisanship, Causes, Cooperate, Imbalance, Imbalances, Two Extremes

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