Arab nationalism, which tended to be until relatively recent somewhat secular in motivation, has now become increasingly religious and fundamentalist. And that makes it more pervasive, more difficult to deal with.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKIArab nationalism, which tended to be until relatively recent somewhat secular in motivation, has now become increasingly religious and fundamentalist. And that makes it more pervasive, more difficult to deal with.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKIIn the longer run, I happen to think that Russia really has no choice but to become gradually more associated with the Euro-Atlantic community. Because if it isn’t, then it’s going to find itself essentially facing China all by itself, facing the Euro-Atlantic community all by itself.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKISoon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKIBut if Russia is to be part of this larger zone of peace it cannot bring into it its imperial baggage. It cannot bring into it a policy of genocide against the Chechens, and cannot kill journalists, and it cannot repress the mass media.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKIMarxism represents a further vital and creative stage in the maturing of man’s universal vision… The nation-state is gradually yielding its sovereignty… More intensive efforts to shape a new world monetary structure will have to be undertaken.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKIThe scope of America’s global hegemony is admittedly great, but its depth is shallow, limited by both domestic and external restraints.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKIThe day that the Soviets officially crossed the border of Afghanistan, I wrote to President Jimmy Carter: We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKII was confident about America and the idea that in America people can become American without masking their ethnic identity.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKII think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKILike so many empires before it, the Soviet Union eventually imploded and fragmented, falling victim not so much to a direct military defeat as to disintegration accelerated by economic and social strains.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKIIt certainly would be possible for America to redefine its role in the world, especially if, in the short run, America is able to cope effectively with the ongoing dilemma in the Middle East.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKIPeople, governments and economies of all nations must serve the needs of multinational banks and corporations.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKIToday it is infinitely easier to kill one million people than to control one million people.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKIThough Stalinism may have been a needless tragedy for both the Russian people and communism as an ideal, there is the intellectually tantalizing possibility that for the world at large it was, as we shall see, a blessing in disguise.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKIThe kind of problem that America faces in Iraq is a little bit the kind of problem that Israel faced in dealing with Hezbollah. If the conflict, the theater of conflict enlarges, it’s going to become more and more absorbing and more and more costly.
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKIUkraine, a new and important space on the Eurasian chessboard, is a geopolitical pivot because its very existence as an independent country helps to transform Russia. Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be a Eurasian empire.
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