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

- Robert Kagan

When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails.

- 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

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

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

- 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…

- 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

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

- Robert Kagan