“ The debacle in Iraq has reinforced the realist dictum, disparaged by idealists in the 1990s, that the legacies of geography, history and culture really do set limits on what can be accomplished in any… Robert D. Kaplan
“ It's all very well for us to sit here in the west with our high incomes and cushy lives, and say it's immoral to violate the sovereignty of another state. But if the effect of that is to bring people… Niall Ferguson
“ There is something about the very idea of a city which is central to the understanding of a planet like Earth, and particularly the understanding of that part of the then-existing group-civilization w… Iain M. Banks
“ Any critique of realism must begin with a sober assessment of the horrors of peace. Christopher Hitchens
“ International politics is never about democracy and human rights. It's about the interests of states. Remember that, no matter what you are told in history lessons. Egon Bahr
“ Generally it must be stated that realpolitik has been better at dividing than at ruling. Take it as a whole since Kissinger called on the Shah in 1972, and see what the harvest has been. Christopher Hitchens
“ For in the absence of a magistrate (dandadharabhave), the strong will swallow the weak; but under his protection, the weak resist the strong. Kautilya
