The core of the American set of beliefs has remained pretty constant.

Since the revolution of the 18th century, America has basically had an ideology of liberal democracy and constitutionalism.

A lot of people tend to think I'm a dogmatic ideologue, which I'm not.

I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.

Some Westerners […] have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam but only with violent Islamist extremists. Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise.

When you have increased migration of peoples and ethnic and religious minorities, you develop a set of rules and language the larger society can accept and the minority community can accept.

Global politics remains extremely complex and countries have different interests, which will also lead them to make what might seem as rather bizarre friends and allies.