“I think that Joe Biden is qualified in many respects. But I do point out that he's been wrong on many foreign policy and national security issues, which is supposed to be his strength.” ThinkingIssuesSecurityPolicySupposed To BeForeign PolicyNational SecurityQualifiedBiden Author:John McCain
“Achieving climate security must be the core of foreign policy. All of us have to pick up the pace.” AchieveSecurityPolicyPicksClimateCorePaceForeign Policy Author:Margaret Beckett
“The world is now unipolar and contains only one superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower. In this context, given our common values and the political, economic and security interests that we share with the United States, there is now no more important foreign policy interest for Canada than maintaining the ability to exercise effective influence in Washington so as to advance unique Canadian policy objectives.” WorldImportantStatesPoliticalValuesGivenInterestAbilityUnitedCommonUnited StatesShareInfluenceEconomicSecurityPolicyExerciseUniqueObjectivesCanadaForeign PolicyContinentsMaintainingSuperpower Author:Stephen Harper
“Another longstanding foreign policy flaw is the degree to which special interests dictate the way in which the "national interest" as a whole is defined and pursued.... America's important historic relationship with Israel has often led foreign policy decision-makers to defer reflexively to Israeli security assessments, and to replicate Israeli tactics, which, as the war in Lebanon last summer demonstrated, can turn out to be counter-productive.” WayImportantWarWholeLastsAmericaTurnsInterestDecisionSpecialSecurityPolicyDegreesSummerIsraelDefinedProductiveFlawsMakersForeign PolicyHistoricTacticsPursuedIsraeliAssessmentSpecial InterestsLebanonNational InterestsReplicateDecision MakersLast Summer Author:Samantha Power
“But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization for the use of force from the American people's representatives in Congress.” PeopleWorldLongMadeUseGovernmentMightForcePresidentInterestDecisionDemocracyViolenceSecurityMilitaryPolicyExampleEthicsConstitutionCongressHuman RightsConvincedChiefsForeign PolicyRootedRepresentativesNational SecurityCommandersCommander In ChiefUse Of Force Author:Barack Obama
“Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should we focus on global climate instability - droughts, floods, extreme weather? Here's the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse.” PeopleShouldStatesProblemRealityPoliticalPoliticsNatureCommunityLeadershipJusticeAnswersDemocracyFocusFailingSecurityPolicySeriousWeaponsEthicsStrategyClimateHuman RightsExtremesTerrorismNuclearWeatherIdeologyForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsFloodNational SecurityDiplomacyDisruptionDroughtInstabilityGood QuestionsExtreme WeatherPolitical Instability Author:Van Jones
“It is clear that the American people are weary of war. However, Assad gassing his own people is an issue of our national security, regional stability and global security.” PeopleWarPoliticsJusticeDemocracyIssuesClearViolenceSecurityPolicyEthicsHuman RightsIdeologyStabilityForeign PolicyWearyNational SecurityAssad Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The United States should.... avoid unilateral export controls and controls on technology widely available in world markets. Unilateral controls penalize U.S. exporters without advancing U.S. national security or foreign policy interests.” WorldShouldStatesInterestUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesSecurityPolicyInternetAvailableForeign PolicyFree SpeechNational SecurityAdvancing Author:William J. Clinton
“At the same time, old confrontations have taken on frightening urgency, especially the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir and the violent stalemate in the Middle East. Progress on these and other global challenges requires us to develop a larger strategy for American foreign policy, rooted in a fundamental commitment to move the world from interdependence to an integrated global community committed to peace and prosperity, freedom and security.” WorldMovingPeaceCommunityChallengesTakenProgressMiddleSecurityPolicyConflictCommitmentIndiaFundamentalsStrategyCommittedProsperityEastViolentForeign PolicyMiddle EastRootedFrighteningPakistanConfrontationUrgencyIntegratedInterdependenceKashmirAmerican Foreign PolicyGlobal CommunityStalemateIndia Pakistan Author:William J. Clinton
“It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy - it is a matter for British domestic security policy too.” MatterSecurityPolicyBritishTerritoryForeign PolicyIsraeliExaggeration Author:John Denham
“In America, much foreign policy seems contrived to be an exercise in political theory with no attention to history whatsoever. Yet there's a great reverence for history - though it's history as thumb-sucking, security blanket-nibbling self-congratulation.” SelfSeemsAmericaPoliticalAttentionSecurityPolicyTheoryExerciseReverenceForeign PolicyCongratulationsThumbsBlanketPolitical TheoryNibbling Author:Simon Schama
“In a world of increasing interdependence, energy security will depend much on how countries manage their relations with one another. That is why energy security will be one of the main challenges of foreign policy in the years ahead. Oil and gas have always been political commodities.” WorldYearsCountryPoliticalEnergyChallengesSecurityPolicyDependsRelationOilManageGasForeign PolicyCommodityInterdependenceOil And GasEnergy Security Author:Daniel Yergin
“President Barack Obama benefits from the shared experience and wisdom of top national security and foreign policy advisers, many of them career professionals.” PresidentCareersSecurityPolicyBenefitsBarackForeign PolicyNational SecurityPresident Barack ObamaAdviserShared Experiences Author:Chris Matthews
“The purpose of U.S. foreign policy is protecting the security of Americans, not crusading for goodness abroad.” PurposeSecurityPolicyGoodnessForeign Policy Author:Don Feder
“Gore Vidal, Glenn Greenwald, Noam Chomsky, all these guys talk about how the United States became a national security state after World War II. I agree with that thesis. Essentially there's this bipartisan foreign policy elite who've been calling the shots for the last few decades and they're clearly still in control regardless of how clownish or absurd or stupid they demonstrate themselves to be. There's no shaking their orthodoxy.” WorldStillsWarStatesLastsGuyUnitedUnited StatesSecurityStupidPolicyCallingShotsAgreeDecadesAbsurdWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiElitesForeign PolicyWorld War INational SecurityShakingGoreOrthodoxyThesisBipartisanCalling The Shots Author:Michael Hastings
“By 1938, Eleanor Roosevelt was so angry at FDR's policies, she writes a book called This Troubled World. And it is actually a point-by-point rebuttal of her husband's foreign policy. We need collective security. We need a World Court. We need something like the League of Nations. We need to work together to fight fascism. We need embargoes against aggressor nations, and we need to name aggressor nations. All of which is a direct contradiction of FDR's policies.” WorldNeedsWritingBookTogetherFightingNamesNationsSecurityPolicyHusbandDirectAngryCourtLeagueContradictionCollectivesWorking TogetherFascismForeign PolicyEleanorAggressorsLeague Of NationsRebuttalCollective Security Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“A group of national security experts, military intelligence experts, issued a very concerning statement about Senator Bernie Sanders's views on foreign policy and national security, pointing out some of the comments he has made on these issues, such as inviting Iranian troops into Syria to try to resolve the conflict there; putting them right at the doorstep of Israel.” TryingMadeViewsIssuesGroupsSecurityMilitaryPolicyConflictIsraelStatementsExpertsResolveCommentForeign PolicyTroopsSyriaSenatorsNational SecurityPointingInvitingIranianDoorstepMilitary Intelligence Author:Hillary Clinton
“We should find other platforms, other forums for that [foreign policy], and there are plenty of them, including, for example, the UN and the Security Council.” ShouldSecurityPolicyExampleIncludingPlentyForeign PolicyPlatformsCouncilForumsSecurity Council Author:Vladimir Putin
“While people are prepared to talk about Social Security, about marriage equality, about any number of other issues, people are not prepared - your layperson is not prepared to have a conversation about foreign policy.” PeopleSocialNumbersIssuesSecurityPolicyConversationPreparedForeign PolicySocial SecurityMarriage Equality Author:Julianne Malveaux
“Our alliance with our NATO partners has been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy for nearly 70 years, in good times and in bad and through presidents of both parties because the United States has a fundamental interest in Europe's stability and security.” YearsHas BeensStatesPresidentInterestUnitedPartyUnited StatesSecurityPolicyEuropeFundamentalsPartnersGood TimesStabilityForeign PolicyAlliancesNatoCornerstones Author:Barack Obama
“I think it's very, very important that in foreign policy and national security decision making, as in any other realm, that there be a range of diversity that reflects the full complexity of America. We should draw on those experiences to inform our decision making.” ThinkingShouldImportantAmericaDecisionSecurityPolicyDiversityDrawsRangeRealmsComplexityDecision MakingForeign PolicyNational Security Author:Susan Rice
“Foreign policy is now a huge field. It isn't just people who are studying political science. There are so many aspects to it in terms of understanding hard science for people who are studying climate change, or people who are interested in health policy or food security, or people who care about education.” PeopleHardCarePoliticalUnderstandingTermStudySecurityPolicyFieldsHugeAspectClimateClimate ChangeForeign PolicyWho CaresPolitical ScienceFood Security Author:Madeleine Albright
“What America first means is we put the national interests of the United States and the well-being of our own country and our own people first. Our foreign policy, first and foremost, should be focused on the defense of American freedom, security and rights.” PeopleShouldFirstsWellsMeanCountryStatesAmericaInterestUnitedUnited StatesRightsSecurityPolicyFocusedDefenseWell BeingForeign PolicyNational InterestsAmerican Freedom Author:Pat Buchanan