Color revolutionssucceed when the authorities are not only authoritarian but also lack self-confidence ... Until President Lukashenko loses popularity in Belarus, I don't think his regime will have any serious problems.
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This has had a considerable impact on Russian willingness to accommodate U.S. interests.
We have vastly different hopes and expectations, as far as the U.S.-Russia relationship is concerned, in Moscow and Washington. What we need, however, is to manage this troubled relationship -- we don't want this relationship to go out of control.
It seems to me that the administration wants to make sure that they have a constructive dialogue with Moscow. They want to be sure that they are on the right side of a new tough Russian president.
This quote is just one of 5 total Dimitri Simes quotes in our collection. Dimitri Simes is known for saying 'Color revolutions succeed when the authorities are not only authoritarian but also lack self-confidence ... Until President Lukashenko loses popularity in Belarus, I don't think his regime will have any serious problems.' as well as some of the following quotes.