Charles A. Kupchan quotes

The positive effects of globalization are inseparable from American power. ... Globalization is Americanization. (Charles A. Kupchan)
The Europeans are ... making a choice that will inevitably give Europe more geopolitical clout-at the expense of American primacy. ... And the impetus will come not just from Europe's new ambition, which will gather slowly, but also from America's domestic politics and its schizophrenic reaction to the rise of Europe. View quote
Charles A. Kupchan
Economic interdependence does promote shared interests, but it also creates shared vulnerabilities. ... In an adversial context, shared interests provide opportunities for exploitation, not mutual gain. View quote
Charles A. Kupchan
For better or worse, the struggle against terror may well intensify, rather than ameliorate, unilateralist and isolationist instincts. View quote
Charles A. Kupchan
At this point in China's development, it is impossible to predict how its intentions will evolve and whether its relationship with the United States will track the benign course of Anglo-American rapprochement or the malign trajectory of Anglo-German rivalry and war. View quote
Charles A. Kupchan
Far from paving the way for a halcyon future of prosperity and stability, the digital era promises to usher in as profound a political and social transformation as that wrought by the arrival of the industrial age. View quote
Charles A. Kupchan
The Balkan wars led to a further inconsistency in U.S. policy. ... America asked Europe to carry more of the defense burden, and then grew resentful when the EU did as asked. View quote
Charles A. Kupchan