Central Asia Quotes

• El impulso del desarrollo económico de Asia ya está generando presiones masivas para la exploración y explotación de nuevas fuentes de energía y se sabe que la región de Asia Central y la cuenca del Mar Caspio contienen reservas de gas natural y petróleo que empequeñecen las de Kuwait, el Golfo de México o el Mar del Norte.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Enanos, Mar, Kuwait

  Zbigniew Brzezinski (2007). "El Gran Tablero de Ajedrez", p.120, Basic Books

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• Perhaps the most troubling area in the world goes from the Balkans through the Middle East and in Central Asia.

  Brent Scowcroft

  Middle East, World, Asia

  Fuente: www.nytimes.com

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• With every throb of the climatic pulse which we have felt in Central Asia,, the centre of civilisation has moved this way and that. Each throb has sent pain and decay to the lands whose day was done, life and vigour to those whose day was yet to be.

  Ellsworth Huntington

  Life, Pain, Science

  Ellsworth Huntington (1907). “The Pulse of Asia: A Journey in Central Asia Illustrating the Geographical Basis of History”

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• If Russia shuts off central Asia and the Caspian Sea from Europe, the European allies of the United States will be totally dependent on Russian gas and energy.

  Mijaíl Saakashvili

  Russia, Europe, Sea

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• We're interested in it because it would provide a land bridge up to Uzbekistan, which provides us, among other things, a humanitarian pathway for us to move supplies out of Central Asia and down into Afghanistan.

  Tommy Franks

  Moving, Land, Bridges

  "Why Mazar-e Sharif matters" by Ben Wedeman, David Grange, www.cnn.com. November 10, 2001.

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• Me encantaría ir a ver los reinos montañosos del Himalaya. Ahora quedan muy pocos. Me encantaría haber ido al Tíbet y a Nepal. Y todavía hay partes de Asia central que están totalmente inexploradas.

  David Attenborough

  Montaña, Se, Reinos

  "Entrevista a Sir David Attenborough: La única pregunta sobre la vida que aún le desconcierta". Entrevista con Jenn Selby, www.independent.co.uk. 28 de enero de 2015.

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• Since the Bush-Cheney Administration took office in January 2001, controlling the major oil and natural gas fields of the world had been the primary, though undeclared, priority of US foreign policy... Not only the invasion of Iraq, but also the toppling of the Taliban in Afghanistan, had nothing to do with 'democracy,' and everything to do with pipeline control across Central Asia and the militarization of the Middle East.

  F. William Engdahl

  Oil, Iraq, Office

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• You have a lot of suspicion from the neighbors of Afghanistan about U.S. intentions. Iran is already, to some extent, trying to undermine the U.S. in Afghanistan. Russia is now becoming increasingly nervous about a more permanent U.S. presence in Central Asia. And China is not keen that the U.S. should be so close to its borders over a long period of time. Certainly, if the U.S. is going to be there for a long time, it's going to exacerbate regional tensions.

  Ahmed Rashid

  Russia, Iran, Long

  Fuente: progressive.org

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• Since Russia has the largest number of illegal immigrants, second only to the US, and immigrants from Central Asia bring in drugs, I'm calling for a visa requirement for all those wonderful people from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

  Alexei Navalny

  Russia, Uzbekistan, Numbers

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

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• This document will play an important role in protecting the strategic interests of Russia and Uzbekistan and ensuring stability and security in the region, which some politicians call Russia's soft underbelly. It's not a secret that after the Soviet collapse and especially in recent years, Central Asia has become the focus of interest of major nations because of its geographic location and rich mineral resources.

  Islom Karimov

  Russia, Years, Play

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• You've got problems in Central Asia. And you've got problems within our own communities back home. So if we end up saying, look, this has nothing to do with Islam or it's got no connection with that broader question, then we look, frankly, as if we're in denial about the problem. And the interesting thing in the Middle East is that they have absolutely no problem there in identifying that as Islamist extremism and calling it that.

  Tony Blair

  Home, Interesting, Community

  "Tony Blair Works To Define The Problem Of Islamist Extremism". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. February 25, 2016.

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• El sufrimiento de todos es el mío, pero no el asesinato de todos... No distingo ni por un momento si mi hijo está en peligro o un niño en Asia central. Pero no aceptaré la responsabilidad de lo que hagan otras personas porque yo pertenezca a esa nación, raza o religión. No creo en la culpabilidad por asociación.

  Margaret Mead

  Children, Believe, Responsibility

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• I have information about things that our government has lied to us about. I know. For example, to say that since the fall of the Soviet Union we ceased all of our intimate relationship with Bin Laden and the Taliban - those things can be proven as lies, very easily, based on the information they classified in my case, because we did carry very intimate relationship with these people, and it involves Central Asia, all the way up to September 11.

  Sibel Edmonds

  Lying, Fall, Government

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• Aunque soy un líder joven, en realidad llegué extrañamente tarde. Tengo una perspectiva diferente, en parte por mi familia, en parte por lo que hice durante diez años: negociar acuerdos comerciales, trabajar en Asia Central en proyectos de asistencia.

  Nick Clegg

  Years, Work Out, Perspective

  The Economist interview, www.economist.com. March 11, 2010.

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• Estados Unidos es la nación más poderosa de la Tierra y no puede desentenderse de Oriente Medio, Asia Central y el Cuerno de África.

  John Abizaid

  Powerful, Middle East, United States

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