I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.

I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.

When it comes to setting national priorities, determining threats, defining challenges, and fashioning and implementing foreign and defense policies, the United States and Europe have parted ways.

Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus: they agree on little and understand each other less and less.

Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.

International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case, the domination of liberal free market principles of economics, democratic principles of politics, and a peaceful international system over other visions that other nations and peoples may have. It will last only as long as those who favor it retain the capacity to defend it.

I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.