“Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia.” PeopleImportantGoalMiddleSecurityConflictEuropeResponsibleProsperityWorthyEastMiddle EastOppressedStoppingAsiaGovernancePromotingEthnic ConflictEast Asia Author:Michael Mandelbaum
“I've been to Japan, I've been to China, I've been to Africa, I've been to the Middle East, I've been to Europe a little bit. I've never been to South America.” LittlesAmericaBitsMiddleLittle BitEuropeSouthChinaEastJapanMiddle EastSouth America Author:Colin Quinn
“In a multipolar world, there must be more powers capable of taking responsibility, the US and Europe must be able to unite to achieve peace in the Middle East.” WorldAbleResponsibilityMiddleAchieveCapableEuropeEastMiddle EastTaking Responsibility Author:Dominique de Villepin
“We will stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power. We will stop that nuclear arms race that could happen in the Middle East. We will also make that Putin knows we have brigades in eastern Europe to make sure we deter his aggression. Peace through strength works.” KnowsHappensRaceMiddleArmsBecomingEuropeEastNuclearIranMiddle EastAggressionEasternPutinNuclear PowerArms RaceEastern EuropeNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms RacePeace Through Strength Author:Bobby Jindal
“ISIL presents a growing threat not only in Syria and Iraq, but throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and now in the United States as well. Terrorists and their enablers will continue to receive the unwavering attention of law enforcement and the intelligence community.” WellsStatesLawCommunityUnitedAttentionUnited StatesGrowingMiddleEuropeThreatIraqEastTerroristMiddle EastSyriaLaw EnforcementEnforcementUnwaveringIsilIntelligence CommunityNorth AfricaEnablers Author:Devin Nunes
“America cannot do most of what needs to be done alone. You need friends. And we have good friends around the world. We have friends with whom we share values in Europe and Asia - thanks to the forward march of democracy - in Latin America, in Africa, and increasingly in the Middle East.” WorldNeedsDoneAmericaValuesDemocracyShareMiddleEuropeEastThanksAround The WorldMarchLatinMiddle EastGood FriendAsiaLatin AmericaFriend In Need Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I travel to the Middle East, I travel to China, I travel to Europe. It's all very rewarding - the only problem is the travel is getting more and more difficult for me now. Ten years ago I would have enjoyed it a lot more.” YearsProblemDifficultMiddleTenEuropeYears AgoChinaEastEnjoyedMiddle East Author:I. M. Pei
“From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.” WorldMadeWarCountryTodayAmericaMiddleEuropeEastDesertWar Of The WorldsMiddle EastContinentsVeteranBetter PlaceJungleVeterans DayGreat CountryHemisphereOur VeteransVeterans Day Thank YouThank A VeteranThank You VeteranUs VeteransAfrican Continent Author:John Hoeven
“We need to unleash the military in unison with our partners in Europe and the Middle East to be effective.” NeedsMiddleMilitaryEuropeEastPartnersMiddle EastUnison Author:Jeb Bush
“This administration, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton through their foreign policy, have betrayed the American people, because the weakness they've displayed has led to Putin's incursions in the Middle East and in eastern Europe, and has led - has led to significant problems in the Middle East as well, and the death and murder of lots of folks.” PeopleWellsProblemMiddlePolicyWeaknessEuropeMurderClintonFolksEastSignificantAdministrationBarackForeign PolicyMiddle EastEasternBetrayedPutinEastern Europe Author:Chris Christie
“In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri - where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. So yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions.” KnowsMenWorldYoungCommunityCitiesMiddleSummerEuropeEastYoung ManTensionDividedMiddle EastEasternInstabilityEastern EuropeMissouriAmerican CitiesFerguson Author:Barack Obama
“There are definitely recurring themes in humanity's relationship with our environment. The biggest is probably adaptation, because humans are incredibly good at adapting to new environments in relatively short periods of time. The ancestors of Homo sapiens started leaving Africa over one million years ago, moving from warm, tropical climates into the freezing wilderness of Europe and the desert ecosystems of the Middle East.” YearsHumansMovingHumanityMillionsEnvironmentMiddlePeriodsEuropeYears AgoClimateLeavingWarmEastDesertThemeWildernessAncestorMiddle EastAdaptationOur EnvironmentHomo SapiensEcosystemsAdaptingFreezingTropicalRecurringNew EnvironmentRecurring Themes Author:Annalee Newitz
“Well the most likely emerging countries are Japan, Turkey, and Poland. So I would say Eastern Europe, the Middle East and a maritime war by Japan with the United States enjoying its own pleasures.” WellsWarCountryStatesEnjoyPleasureUnitedUnited StatesMiddleEuropeEastJapanMiddle EastEasternTurkeysEmergingPolandEastern EuropeMaritime Author:George Friedman
“Like Trump`s presidential bid, the Brexit campaign has been driven largely by fears of cultural penetration, immigrant invasion, and the genuine crisis of Middle East refugees dying to get into Europe, all channeled into a kind of inward-turning form of ethno-nationalism.” KindHas BeensFormMiddleDyingTrumpEuropeCrisisEastDrivenCampaignsGenuinePresidentialNationalismImmigrantsMiddle EastInwardRefugeeInvasionPenetration Author:Chris Hayes
“I think it's important that we do it [defeat ISIS] in concert with other nations in Europe, the Middle East, elsewhere if necessary. And that means you've got to work with people. You don't insult them. You don't insult their religion. And it means we have to see our entire country, all of the people in it, as part of our first line of defense.” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsMeanImportantCountryNationsLinesMiddleEuropeDefeatDefenseEastInsultConcertsMiddle EastElsewhereIsis Author:Hillary Clinton
“Iran has always had a good relationship with Europe. The Middle East is Europe's neighbor, and we are a strong player in this region.” StrongPlayerMiddleEuropeEastNeighborRegionsIranMiddle EastGood Relationship Author:Mir-Hossein Mousavi
“We've got to do everything we can to vacuum up intelligence from Europe, from the Middle East. That means we've got to work more closely with our allies, and that's something that Donald [Trump] has been very dismissive of.” MeanHas BeensMiddleTrumpEuropeEastAlliesMiddle EastVacuums Author:Hillary Clinton
“The United States has kept the peace through our alliances. Donald Trump wants to tear up our alliances. I think it makes the world safer and, frankly, it makes the United States safer. I would work with our allies in Asia, in Europe, in the Middle East, and elsewhere. That's the only way we're going to be able to keep the peace.” ThinkingWorldWayWantStatesAbleUnitedUnited StatesMiddleTearsTrumpEuropeEastAlliesMiddle EastElsewhereAsiaAlliances Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think this does show that there will be some changes, not so much in Europe or Asia but certainly in the Middle East. General [James] Mattis has called for a comprehensive strategy to combat the various enemies the United States faces in the Middle East, especially Iran.” ThinkingDoeStatesShowsFacesUnitedEnemyUnited StatesMiddleEuropeStrategyVariousEastIranCombatMiddle EastAsiaComprehensiveGeneral James Mattis Author:Peter R. Mansoor
“Fighting the terrorists in Syria is not only in the interest of Syria or the Syrian people; in the interest of the Middle East, of Europe itself - something that many officials in the West don't see or don't realize or don't acknowledge - and in the interest of the Russian people, because they have been facing terrorists for decades now.” PeopleHas BeensFightingInterestRealizingMiddleEuropeWestEastDecadesTerroristAcknowledgeOfficialsMiddle EastSyria Author:Bashar al-Assad
“There seems to be a passive alliance between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and that's unprecedented in its form and dangerous in its content, because Russia is our most dangerous geopolitical opponent because of the desires that they have in the Middle East and because of their desire to break up Europe. And in the United States, we spent a lot of blood and a lot of treasure trying to keep Europe intact and democratic, and trying to keep the Middle East from being only influenced by people who are massive fans of [Syrian President] Assad and massive fans of the Iranians.” PeopleTryingStatesSeemsFormDesirePresidentUnitedBreakUnited StatesBloodFansMiddleDangerousTrumpEuropeDemocraticEastTreasureRussiaOpponentsMassiveMiddle EastPassivePutinAlliancesUnprecedentedAssadGeopolitical Author:Van Jones
“The incubator for terrorism, after the Middle East, is Europe, partly because of proximity, partly because of the existence of large Muslim communities there.” CommunityExistenceMiddleEuropeTerrorismEastMiddle EastProximityMuslim Community Author:Sidney Blumenthal
“Oil is a tangible commodity, so there is a global market. The fact that we may need less may affect the global price because we're big consumers: we probably take about a quarter of global demand. But if suddenly, let's just use a crazy example, fighting in the Middle East led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and no oil could get out through the Strait of Hormuz, well that would affect China, India, Europe, it will affect the whole global economy. It will affect us, too, then.” IfsNeedsWellsMayWholeFactsUseBigsFightingEconomyCrazyMiddleExampleDemandEuropeIndiaChinaOilEastConsumersQuartersMiddle EastCommodityTangibleClosureGlobal Economy Author:Thomas Friedman
“The Middle East would always be an important trading partner in just a market sense, like America is a big market for us, Asia is a big market, Europe is a big market. You are going to have hundreds of millions of consumers there, from just a standard market point of view, from a very narrow American point of view.” ImportantBigsAmericaViewsMillionsMiddleStandardsEuropePoint Of ViewEastPartnersConsumersMiddle EastAsiaTradingTrading Partners Author:Thomas Friedman
“Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to wash and play; civilizations emerged next to rivers in China, India, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. They sustain life and bring death and destruction. They are ferocious at times; gentle at times. They are placid and mean. They trigger conflict and delineate boundaries. Rivers are the stuff of metaphor and fable, painting and poetry. Rivers unite and divide - a thread that runs from source to exhausted release.” MeanPlayRunningNextStuffWaterInterestingMiddlePaintingSourceCivilizationConflictEuropeRiversDestructionIndiaTradeEnvironmentalMetaphorChinaEastBoundariesReleaseLandscapeGentleDividesMiddle EastThreadExhaustedRoutesTriggersMoldFablesFertilePlacidDeltaPainting And Poetry Author:Edward Gargan