However, If Moscow Regains Control Over Ukraine,

In The Long Run, Global Politics Are Bound To Become Increasingly Uncongenial To The Concentration Of Hegemonic Power In The Hands Of A Single State. Hence, America Is Not Only The First, As Well As The Only, Truly Global Superpower, But It Is Also Likely To Be The Very Last.

The Eastern Europeans Invested Too Many Of Their Hopes In The Notion That Somehow Or Other The Missile Shield, Even If Directed At Iran, Would Reinforce Their Security Links With The U.s. Vis-à-vis Russia.

I Don't Think There Is An Implicit Obligation For The United States To Follow Like A Stupid Mule Whatever The Israelis Do. If They Decide To Start A War, Simply On The Assumption That We Will Be Automatically Drawn Into It, I Think It Is The Obligation Of Friendship To Say "you're Not Going To Be Making National Decisions For Us"

Ukraine, 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.

Foreign Policy Should Not Be Justified Through Making Oneself Feel Good, But Through Results That Have Tangible Consequences.