When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails. But nations without great military power face the opposite danger: When you don't have a hammer, you don't want anything to look like nails.
I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the … - Robert Kagan
I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the …
- Robert Kagan
When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails. - Robert Kagan
When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails.
Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame. - Robert Kagan
Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.
If a caterpillar doesn't know its future has wings, it hardly experiences itself as land-bound. - Robert Kagan
If a caterpillar doesn't know its future has wings, it hardly experiences itself as land-bound.
I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles. - Robert Kagan
I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.
Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty. - Robert Kagan
Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty.
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… - Robert Kagan
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…
In my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part because the United States provides… - Robert Kagan
In my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part because the United States provides…
I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition. - Robert Kagan
I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition.
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