I want to be clear that when you mention the Republican critique of President Obama, that is not President-elect Trump's critique, right? So you have…

- Michael Mcfaul

It should never be the goal of U.S. foreign policy towards any country to have a - quote, unquote - "good relation." Then what? What do we get out of…

- Michael Mcfaul

Take cyber-capabilities. We have way more cyber-capability than Russia do. We could intervene in their elections easily. We choose not to do so becau…

- Michael Mcfaul

Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only stupid people or fools would think it was bad.

- Michael Mcfaul

Vladimir Putin will be up for reelection, and he has shifted his whole political strategy inside of Russia from one where he promised the Russians pr…

- Michael Mcfaul

Trump has got to define what he seeks to achieve with Russia, and then use diplomacy and sometimes coercion to achieve those ends. Right now, aside f…

- Michael Mcfaul

Russians don't want to fight ISIS in Syria. They want to leave that to us. Aside from that, I don't know what are the objectives that Mr. Trump seeks…

- Michael Mcfaul

In retrospect, all revolutions seem inevitable. Beforehand, all revolutions seem impossible.

- Michael Mcfaul

In the short run, the big windfall winners ... have been the Islamists.

- Michael Mcfaul