American politics are normally a result of pragmatic and not philosophical reasoning. No one in Washington has said we now prefer multilateralism.

In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.

For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon.

Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.

Well, on the American side, every new administration has to cut its teeth in a crisis, because before a crisis, you don't really know what your various subordinates are thinking under stress.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.