Robert Kagan
Robert Kagan
Robert Kaganis an American historian, author, columnist, and foreign-policy commentator. Kagan is often characterized as a leading neoconservative, but prefers to call himself a "liberal interventionist"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 September 1958
CountryUnited States of America
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How long that will last is another question because if they become more and more secure, they may, in fact, become more like West Europe.
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The international perception of the U.S. leadership is hobbled, ... The assumption is, the president is weak. And this has a direct and immediate impact on the way other countries deal with us.
hammers looks nails
When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails.
baseball hitting failing
Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.
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If a caterpillar doesn't know its future has wings, it hardly experiences itself as land-bound.
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International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case, the domination of liberal principles of economics, domestic politics, and international relations over other, nonliberal principles. It will last only as long as those who imposed it retain the capacity to defend it.
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Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty.
ends eternal
The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't come to an end. Because it will.
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Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus: they agree on little and understand each other less and less.
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Were Congress somehow to reject the Administration's deal in some effort to maintain a consistent principle on non-proliferation, it would have no effect on Iran's decisions. But that futile gesture would have a devastating effect on US relations with India.