In The Long Run, Global Politics Are

In 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.

The Attitude Of The American Public Toward The External Projection Of American Power Has Been Much More Ambivalent. The Public Supported America's Engagement In World War Ii Largely Because Of The Shock Effect Of The Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor.

Today We Are In A Situation In Which The Free Movement Of People Can Have Enormous, Monumental Dimensions, And I Don't Think That Any Country In Western Europe Or In America Can Any Longer Adopt The Idea Of Totally Free Movement Of People. I T Would Simply Overwhelm Their Social Facilities, Their Societies And Create Migratory Dynamics On The Scales Of Tens And Tens Of Millions Of People. That Simply Is Not Practical.

The Notion That Somehow Or Another They'll (iran) Put It In A Picnic Basket And Hand It To Some Terrorist Group Is Merely An Argument That May Be Convincing To Some People Who Don't Know Anything About Nuclear Weapons. I Don't Find That Argument Very Credible, I'm Not Sure That People Who Make It Even Believe In It. But It's A Good Argument To Make If You Have No Other Argument To Make. The Fact Of The Matter Is, Iran Has Been Around For 3000 Years, And That Is Not A Symptom Of A Suicidal Instinct.

It 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.