People seem to forget that Saddam was the only leader in the world who praised the attacks of 9/11 as a good thing.

It would be a huge mistake to abandon democracy promotion. Peaceful political change has been enormously successful in the past years in Eastern European countries as well as in countries like South Korea, South Africa, Chile and Indonesia. However, if possible, the use of force is something to avoid except in cases where genocide is threatened, like Bosnia or Libya or with regimes that threaten our security, like the Taliban and Saddam Hussein.

I'm constantly asking for alternative views on most things that come to me.

It's a very bad thing when people exterminate other people, and people persecute minorities.

Jobs are a priority for every country. Doing more to improve regulation and help entrepreneurs is the key to creating jobs - and more growth.

The only way you can be comfortable about Donald Trump's foreign policy, is to think he doesn't really mean anything he says.

Look, I think the notion that theres a dogma or doctrine of foreign policy that gives you a textbook recipe for how to react to all situations is really nonsense.