“Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.” FirstsStatesUnitedUnited StatesPolicyTasksLet MeThreatForeign PolicyAmerican Foreign Policy Author:Michael Mandelbaum
“So long as there is an Israeli occupation in Palestine and so long as U.S. policy is biased, the so-called terrorism that the United States fears will escalate because the mistakes of U.S. foreign policy are pouring oil on fire.” LongStatesUnitedMistakeUnited StatesFirePolicyTerrorismOilOccupationForeign PolicyPalestineIsraeliPouringBiasedIsraeli Occupation Author:Khaled Mashal
“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
“It was Reagan who began the realignment of American politics, making the Republicans into internationalist Jeffersonians with his speech in London at the Palace of Westminster in 1982, which led to the creation of the National Endowment for Democracy and the emergence of democracy promotion as a central goal of United States foreign policy.” StatesGoalUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyPolicyCreationRepublicanSpeechLondonForeign PolicyAmerican PoliticsPromotionPalacesEmergenceEndowmentWestminster Author:Michael Ignatieff
“We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.” CountryRealityLinesUnitedBehindsClassSuccessfulPolicyConcernedRateMinistersForeign PolicySectionsGoverningInfluential Author:A. J. P. Taylor
“That intelligence capability is enormously important to the United States, to our conduct of foreign policy, to defense matters, to economic matters. And I am a strong supporter of it.” ImportantMatterStatesStrongUnitedUnited StatesEconomicPolicyDefenseCapabilityForeign PolicySupporterNsa Author:Dick Cheney
“Obamas foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront.” NeedsSelfStatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesPolicyFocusedAlliesForeign PolicySelf Centered Author:Elliott Abrams
“Americans need to educate themselves, from elementary school onward, about what their country has done abroad. And they need to play a more active role in ensuring that what the United States does abroad is not merely in keeping with a foreign policy elite's sense of realpolitik but also with the American public's own sense of American values.” NeedsDoeCountryStatesDonePlaySchoolValuesUnitedRolesUnited StatesPolicyActiveEducateElitesForeign PolicyElementary SchoolAmerican ValuesRealpolitik Author:Mohsin Hamid
“You are, I am sure, aware that genuine popular support in the United States is required to carry out any Government policy, foreign or domestic. The American people make up their own minds and no governmental action can change it.” PeopleMindStatesGovernmentActionUnitedUnited StatesSupportPolicyGenuineForeign PolicyGovernment Policy Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“We all accuse Vladimir Putin of Cold War nostalgia, but Washington's elites - politicians and intellectuals - miss the old days as well. They wish for the world in which the United States was utterly dominant over its friends, its foes were to be shunned entirely, and the challenges were stark, moral, and vital. Today's world is messy and complicated. China is one of our biggest trading partners and our looming geopolitical rival. Russia is a surly spoiler, but it has a globalized middle class and has created ties in Europe.” WorldWellsWarStatesRealityTodayPoliticsWishCommunityChallengesLeadershipUnitedMoneyMoralClassHistoryUnited StatesDemocracyGenerationsMiddleMissingPolicyColdPoliticianEthicsEuropeTradeStrategyHuman RightsChinaComplicatedNostalgiaPartnersRussiaIdeologyTiesMiddle ClassOver ItElitesForeign PolicyDominantCold WarTradingDiplomacyFoeFree MarketRivalsCivilityMessyPutinOld DaysStarksToday's WorldLoomingGeopoliticalSurlySpoilersTrading Partners Author:Fareed Zakaria
“The ongoing war in Afghanistan is being imposed on us, and Afghans are being sacrificed in it for someone else's interests. We are not blocking the interests of the United States or other major powers. But we are demanding that if you consider Afghanistan the place from which to advance your interests, then you should also pay attention to Afghanistan's interests.” IfsShouldWarStatesRealityPoliticsInterestJusticeUnitedPayAttentionUnited StatesPolicyMajorsEthicsBlockIdeologyPay AttentionAfghanistanForeign PolicyDiplomacyOngoing Author:Hamid Karzai
“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
“You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.” KnowsStatesOpportunityUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesPolicyDemocraticCriticalForeign PolicyAssociates Author:Jehane Noujaim
“Remember how he handled the Iran-contra Never Ending Scandal from Hell? He went on national television, the President of the United States, and said it wasn't his fault, because he was not aware, at the time, of what his foreign policy was.” SaidStatesFunnyRememberPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHellPolicyTelevisionFaultsIranForeign PolicyScandalNever EndingReaganomicsIran Contra Book:Dave Barry Turns Forty Source: Dave Barry Turns Forty
“I don't think any sensible person would disagree that the invasion of Iraq led to the massive level of instability that we're seeing right now. I think that was one of the worst foreign policy blunders in the modern history of the United States.” ThinkingPersonsStatesLevelsUnitedUnited StatesSeeingModernWorstPolicyRight NowIraqMassiveDisagreeSensibleForeign PolicyInvasionBlundersInstabilityModern History Author:Bernie Sanders