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As is often the case when things are complicated, extreme views have superficial appeal. On the one extreme, some see China as an inevitable enemy that must be contained; on the other hand, there are those who see China as a slowly developing democracy that can be embraced.

~Dennis C. Blair

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I know it sounds Pollyannish and 'Kumbaya'-like, but I find that the more that you expose Americans to the diversity of what's going on in China and vice versa, the more people find that there is this broad middle path. And so I'm a strong advocate of intense visits and dialogue back and forth.

~Dennis C. Blair

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As I've said many times and publicly, a war between China and Taiwan that involves the United States is a lose-lose-lose.

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I think you can go back in history and look at what the effect in Asia and the world was of a divided, fractured China from, you know, the opium wars through the Chinese civil war, and I don't think it was pretty for Asia or the world.

~Dennis C. Blair

Topics: Asia Back China Chinese Civil Civil War Divided Effect Fractured Go History Know Look Opium Pretty Think Through War Wars World You I Think

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The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended consequences and rarely turns out to be quick, effective, controlled and short lived.

~Dennis C. Blair

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Southeast Asia is an area in which there is a form of Islam which is both devout and progressive, and therefore to be supported. It's an area in which I see a congruence of American interests and local interests: to have tolerant societies and become more prosperous.

~Dennis C. Blair

Topics: American Area Asia Become Both Devout Form Interests Islam Local More Progressive Prosperous See Societies Southeast Southeast Asia Supported Therefore Tolerant Which I See

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I think American interests are served when there are sections of the world that have representative governments, politically open economic systems, and are willing to take a stand against some of the more extreme ideologies that there are around the world.

~Dennis C. Blair

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The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past - Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela - they're all inspirational religious leaders and smart tacticians. It would be nice to find the Muslim Gandhi, wouldn't it?

~Dennis C. Blair

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In addition to anti-American terrorists with global reach, our adversaries include organizations - some nation states, some private and some criminal - that proliferate weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them.

~Dennis C. Blair

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All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust. The American people are uncomfortable with government activities that do not take place in the open, subject to public scrutiny and review.

~Dennis C. Blair

Topics: Activities American American People Community Conduct Government Intelligence Intelligence Community Manner Most Must Officer Officers Open People Place Public Review Scrutiny Senior Subject Take Themselves Trust Uncomfortable

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: Unknown

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