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" Black markets exist any time there is a profit to be made. "
Richard N. Haass
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" What countries must do to join the World Trade Organization is precisely what they must do to become productive and democratic: accept the rule of law, reduce corruption, and become open, accountable, and transparent. "
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" Russia may well be willing to stop interfering in Eastern Ukraine in exchange for a degree of sanctions relief if it could be assured that ethnic Russians there would not face reprisals. "
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" To be sure, many of the Sykes-Picot borders reflected deals cut in Europe rather than local demographic or historical realities. But that hardly makes the Middle East unique: Most borders around the world owe their legacy less to thoughtful design or popular choice than to some mixture of violence, ambition, geography, and chance. "
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" We all have some basic obligation to one another. "
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" Difficult choices, unlike red wine, rarely improve with age. "
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" Diplomacy can and will matter; little is inevitable in international relations. "
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" Europeans must shed their illusions about what they can accomplish in the world on their own. Loose talk about resurrecting a multi-polar world is just that - loose talk. "
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" Nationalism is a tool increasingly used by leaders to bolster their authority, especially amid difficult economic and political conditions. "
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" Indeed, in foreign policymaking, inconsistency is often a virtue. I speak not of principles but of policy. "
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" The first Iraq War was one of necessity because vital U.S. interests were at stake, and we reached the point where no other national-security instruments were likely to achieve the necessary goal, which was the reversal of Saddam Hussein's invasion and occupation of Kuwait. "
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" Dissent is as American as cherry pie. "
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" There is no getting around the reality that the second Iraq war was a war of choice; had it been carried out differently, it still would have been an expensive choice and almost certainly a bad one. "
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" On occasion, terrorists will succeed despite our best efforts. That is part of the legacy of 9/11. But 9/11 also shows us that while terrorists can destroy, they are unable to create. "
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" Russian membership in the World Trade Organization has the potential to strengthen the rule of law, combat corruption, and give Russia a stake in better relations with the outside world. "
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" Americans were happy to buy vast quantities of relatively inexpensive Chinese manufactured goods, demand for which provided jobs for the tens of millions of Chinese who moved from poor agricultural areas to new or rapidly expanding cities. "
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" Wars of necessity are essentially unavoidable. They involve the most important national interests, a lack of promising alternatives to the use of force, and a certain and considerable price to be paid if the status quo is allowed to stand. Examples include World War II and the Korean War. "
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" Success in foreign policy, as in carpentry, requires the right tools for the job. "
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" The abolition of the presidential term limit and President Xi Jinping's concentration of power have come as an unwelcome surprise to many. "
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" Campaigning and governing are two very different activities, and there is no reason to assume that how Trump conducted the former will dictate how he approaches the latter. "
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" Dissent is difficult. It can constitute a real dilemma for the person who disagrees. "
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" The United States, working closely with the United Kingdom and others, established the liberal world order in the wake of World War II. The goal was to ensure that the conditions that had led to two world wars in 30 years would never again arise. "
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