“Thank God, I think no one is thinking of unleashing a large-scale conflict with Russia. I want to remind you that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers.” ThinkingWantConflictNuclearScalesRussiaThank GodNuclear PowerLarge ScaleUnleashing Author:Vladimir Putin
“The Duce told me that he foresaw the possibility of a conflict between Germany and Russia. He said that we could not stay out of this because it involved the struggle against communism. It was, therefore, necessary to make arrangements for the bringing together between Ljubljana and Zagreb of a motorized division, of an armored division, and of the grenadier division.” SaidTogetherStrugglePossibilityInvolvedConflictRussiaCommunismGermanyDivisionArrangements Author:Ugo Cavallero
“There is no nation on the continent of Europe that is less able to do harm to England, and there isno nation on the continent of Europe to whom we are less able to do harm, than Russia.We are so separate that it seems impossible that the two nations, by the use of reason or common sense at all, could possibly be brought into conflict with each other.” TwoReasonUseSeemsAbleNationsCommonImpossibleConflictEuropeEnglandHarmRussiaCommon SenseContinentsTwo Nations Author:John Bright
“The Soviet Union came apart along ethnic lines. The most important factor in this breakup was the disinclination of Slavic Ukraine to continue under a regime dominated by Slavic Russia. Yugoslavia came apart also, beginning with a brutal clash between Serbia and Croatia, here again 'nations' with only the smallest differences in genealogy; with, indeed, practically a common language. Ethnic conflict does not require great differences; small will do.” DoeImportantLanguageNationsDifferencesLinesCommonConflictUnionsRussiaFactorsBreakupSovietRegimesBrutalSmallestSoviet UnionUkraineClashEthnic ConflictGenealogySerbiaYugoslaviaCommon LanguageCroatia Author:Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“The blow back from the cold war is that a weakened Russia allowed Afghanistan to become a failed state, and then all this weaponry to flow into all these other conflicts. Our greatest triumph has almost fueled our most intractable battle now.” WarStatesColdBattleConflictFlowBlowRussiaTriumphAfghanistanCold WarWeaponry Author:Jon Stewart
“Turkey's NATO membership is one thing that is forestalling the worst-case scenario - open conflict between Russia and Turkey - because neither Moscow nor the West wants a Russian NATO conflict to erupt.” WantCasesOne ThingWorstConflictWestRussiaTurkeysScenariosNatoMembershipMoscowWorst Case Scenario Author:Peter Kenyon
“With the new Russia allegations coming to the fore once again, the conclusion of the intelligence agencies, we've got to have those [Donald Trump's] taxes to evaluate whether these conflicts go to the heart of our most pressing national security interests.” HeartInterestSecurityTrumpConflictTaxesRussiaConclusionAgencyNational SecurityEvaluateAllegationsIntelligence Agencies Author:Norman L. Eisen
“I commended Angela [Merkel] for her leadership along with President Hollande in working to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. We continued to stand with the people of Ukraine and for the basic principle that nations have a right to determine their own destiny and we discussed the importance of maintaining sanctions until Russia fully complies with the Minsk Agreement.” PeopleNationsPresidentPrinciplesDestinyConflictImportanceDetermineRussiaAgreementResolveMaintainingUkraineSanctionsBasic PrinciplesAngela Author:Barack Obama
“On Syria, it's clear that the indiscriminate attacks on civilians by the [Bashar] Assad regime and Russia will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe and that a negotiated end to the conflict is the only way to achieve lasting peace in Syria.” WayEndsClearAchieveConflictHumanitarianRussiaLastingRegimesSyriaCatastropheCiviliansAssad Author:Barack Obama
“I am concerned that Donald Trump walks into the White House a walking conflict of interest in violation of the emoluments clause of the constitution, and the Stock Act. It is important to investigate whether there are financial levers, not just Russia - China, the Emirates. Because he will never make America great again - I don't believe he ever will, but he will not do so if he's beholden to.” IfsBelieveImportantAmericaHouseInterestWhiteWalksTrumpWalkingConflictConcernedConstitutionDon't BelieveFinancialChinaRussiaWhite HouseViolationClausesLeversConflict Of InterestEmirates Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel
“[Vladimir] Putin's Russia is only indirectly concerned with the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a means of maintaining its sphere of influence. I doubt that Russia will meddle. Moreover, I'm quite sure that Ilham Aliyev won't decide to carry out any serious action - it's not in his interest. He's learned his lesson very well - threaten to take action but never act on such words.” WellsMeanActionInterestDoubtInfluenceSeriousLessonsConflictConcernedRussiaSpheresMaintainingPutinArmeniaSphere Of InfluenceAzerbaijan Author:Garry Kasparov
“There are instances in which American interests align with Russia and there are those where they don't. And so the question is, can we help steer Russia to being something that doesn't conflict with our interests and something that - and a country that aligns with our interests?” CountryHelpingInterestConflictRussiaInstanceSteers Author:Paul Ryan
“We have our differences with Russia. And some of those differences produce conflict. But by no means is this the Soviet Union. We have far more areas of cooperation with Russia than we have areas of conflict.” MeanDifferencesProduceConflictAreasUnionsRussiaCooperationSovietSoviet Union Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Indeed, Russia and the U.S. were allies during the two tragic conflicts of the Second and the First World Wars, which allows us to think there's something objectively bringing us together in difficult times, and I think - I believe - it has to do with geopolitical interests and also has a moral component.” ThinkingWorldFirstsBelieveTwoWarTogetherI BelieveDifficultInterestMoralConflictRussiaWar Of The WorldsTragicAlliesComponentsDifficult TimesFirst World WarGeopolitical Author:Vladimir Putin