Zbigniew Brzezinski

All the historical pretenders to global power originated in Eurasia.

Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems.

It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.

I have been struck by the pervasive frequency of pompously patriotic ads for the defense industry, usually accompanied by deferential salutations to our men and women who are heroically sacrificing their lives in our defense. Do we really need all of that for our security?

The Cold War did end in the victory of one side and in the defeat of the other. This reality cannot be denied, despite the understandable sensitivities that such a conclusion provokes among the tenderhearted in the West and some of the former leaders of the defeated side.

America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.

Terrorism cannot be isolated from its political, historical, and even social context.

I would like to promote internal change in Iran - which is more likely if we don't fuse Iranian nationalism with Iranian fundamentalism.

Pakistan's political instability is its greatest vulnerability, and a decline in U.S. power would reduce America's ability to aid Pakistan's consolidation and development.

A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and less willing to sacrifice resources for the sake of others' development.

We don't have a public that really understands the world anymore, and in the age of complexity, that problem becomes much more difficult.

Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.