"The Russian people, at least the ones I know, have pride in being a Russian. And, therefore, they want to be taken seriously in international affairs."

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Historically when there is a rising power like China, it has usually led to confrontations between the rising power and the existing dominant powers. And when you have a shift of the center of gravity of world affairs from the Atlantic to the Pacific, then you have an additional element.

— Henry A. Kissinger