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.

- Robert Kagan

Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.

- Robert Kagan

I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition.

- 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…

- Robert Kagan

I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.

- Robert Kagan

If a caterpillar doesn't know its future has wings, it hardly experiences itself as land-bound.

- Robert Kagan

Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are incre…

- Robert Kagan

When it comes to setting national priorities, determining threats, defining challenges, and fashioning and implementing foreign and defense policies,…

- 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