# Quote — Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Grand Chessboard

> The key point to bear in mind is that Russia cannot be in Europe without Ukraine also being in Europe, whereas Ukraine can be in Europe without Russia being in Europe.

- Author: [Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://www.leafyquotes.com/zbigniew-brzezinski.md)
- Book: [The Grand Chessboard](https://www.leafyquotes.com/zbigniew-brzezinski/the-grand-chessboard.md)
- Page: 122
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/zbigniew-brzezinski/the-grand-chessboard/the-key-point

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> Moreover, as America becomes an increasingly multi-cultural society, it may find it more difficult to fashion a consensus on foreign policy issues, except in the circumstance of a truly massive and widely perceived direct external threat.

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> With the more endowed nations constrained by their own higher technological capacity for self-destruction as well as by self interest, war may have become a luxury that only the poor peoples of this world can afford.

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> To put it very simply, anyone can become an American, but only a Chinese can be Chinese - and that places an additional and significant barrier in the way of any essentially national global hegemony.

p. 210 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/zbigniew-brzezinski/the-grand-chessboard/to-put-it-very.md)