“Neo-conservatism in all its pomp conceived - in the Project for a New American Century - that, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world could be remade in the American image, that the previous bipolar world could be replaced by a unipolar one in which the U.S. was the dominant arbiter of global and regional affairs.” NeoconservatismPost CommunistTriumphalism Author:Martin Jacques
“Bulgaria, I reflected as I walked back to the hotel, isn’t a country; it’s a near-death experience.” CountryDeathAdventureTravelEuropeCrisisEastern EuropeNightlifeBulgariaNight ClubEuropeansEuropean19901990sSofiaPost CommunistCity Centre Book:Neither here nor there: travels in Europe Source: Neither here nor there: travels in Europe
“Following the end of the Cold War, there was much discussion concerning the point of NATO. In the event, it was reinvented as a means of reducing Russia's reach on its western frontiers and seeking to isolate it. Its former East European client states were admitted to NATO, as were the Baltic states.” NatoPost CommunistBaltic Author:Martin Jacques
“The starting point for understanding the deterioration in the relationship between the U.S. and Russia lies in Washington rather than Moscow. After 1989, Russia was a defeated power. Despite the fine words and some limited gestures, the Americans have treated it like one. Their policy has been one of encirclement.” RussiaAmerican Foreign PolicyPost Communist Author:Martin Jacques