IPSE by Day - 07 November 2024

Marco Rubio

Inserted 2 months ago

“I think the future of the 21st century is going to largely be defined by what happens in the Indo-Pacific. And I think China would love for us to be bogged down in Europe in a conflict and not focused on what's happening in the Indo-Pacific.”

Rferl

US Republican Senator

07 Nov 2024 3 1

Kang Cheol-hwan

Inserted 2 months ago

“The troop deployment to Russia is merely part of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's ruthless business strategy aimed at profiting from the war. North Korean troops sent to Russia are not elite army members. Kim Jong-un would benefit more from dispatching inexperienced soldiers to the front lines, as they will likely become cannon fodder. The more North Koreans die on the battlefield, the more money he stands to gain from Russia. Kim understands the value of specially trained forces better than any other dictator. Kim once remarked that one elite soldier is equivalent to 100 average soldiers in terms of military capability. He emphasized that their role is crucial in times of war. Kim is aware that the roughly 200,000 members of North Korea's special forces are a key military asset he can rely on. Therefore, he would never want to trade them away. If North Korea were to send elite troops to Russia, he knows his country would face dire consequences in the event of a contingency.”

Koreatimes

North Korean defector and journalist who operates two YouTube news channels

07 Nov 2024 8 4

Kim Young-hee

Inserted 2 months ago

“I wonder if they are really special forces. They were quite different from the Storm Corps members that I know. The special forces are physically fit and athletic, as they are well-fed and receive specialized training. However, the soldiers I saw on TV looked malnourished, resembling ordinary soldiers I encountered in rural areas of North Korea.”

Koreatimes

North Korean escapee who earned her doctoral degree in North Korean Studies in the South

07 Nov 2024 6 3

Friedrich Merz

Inserted 2 months ago

“The coalition no longer has a majority in the German Bundestag, and we therefore call on the chancellor ... to call a vote of confidence immediately, or at the latest by the beginning of next week. We simply cannot afford to have a government without a majority in Germany for several months now, and then campaign for several more months, and then possibly conduct coalition negotiations for several weeks.”

Apnews

Chairman of Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

07 Nov 2024 3 3

Olaf Scholz

Inserted 2 months ago

“The citizens will soon have the opportunity to decide anew how to proceed. That is their right. I will therefore put the vote of confidence to the Bundestag at the beginning of next year.”

Apnews

Chancellor of Germany

07 Nov 2024 2 2

Malcolm Webb

Inserted 2 months ago

“The approach of the police has been to try to stop the demonstrations by using tear gas and other weapons, and they have used live gunfire over the last two weeks on several occasions. The police have said that protests are allowed and will be allowed to proceed as long as they are peaceful, but it seems even people marching peacefully have been violently dispersed.”

Aljazeera

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Maputo

07 Nov 2024 2 4

James Zogby

Inserted 2 months ago

“This [Trump's support from Arab Americans and Muslims] was not even a shotgun wedding - it was a blind-date wedding. Trump would pursue policies that will make them more furious. The more they see what's going to happen, the less enchanted they'll be. I don't expect the right wing in the Jewish community to be disappointed at all, unfortunately.”

Nytimes

President of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, DC-based think-tank

07 Nov 2024 5 4

Hashem Ahelbarra

Inserted 2 months ago

“With Trump saying during his campaign that he was going to move forward [and] have a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin and end the war in Ukraine, people here are trying to figure out exactly what the Americans mean by 'a deal with Putin'. Is it going to be forcing the Ukrainians to make more and more concessions, something which was brushed aside by the Ukrainians, by the Germans and by the French in particular? Generally speaking, the Europeans are concerned about what happens next.”

Aljazeera

Al Jazeera’s journalist

07 Nov 2024 7 4

Viktor Orbán

Inserted 2 months ago

“There was agreement that Europe should take more responsibility for securing peace and safety. To put this more bluntly, we cannot wait for the Americans to protect us.”

Aljazeera

Prime Minister of Hungary

07 Nov 2024 4 1

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 2 months ago

“I'm sure that a quick end to the war means losses… if it's just quick, then it means losses for Ukraine. I simply don't understand it any other way for now. Maybe there's something we don't know or see. It happens. A little time is needed.”

Pravda

President of Ukraine

07 Nov 2024 1 2

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Inserted 2 months ago

“It is time to wake up from our geopolitical naivety and to realise that we need to commit additional resources in order to be able to address major challenges. It is a [question of] competitiveness and a European defence.”

Aljazeera

Greek Prime Minister

07 Nov 2024 4 2

Emmanuel Macron

Inserted 2 months ago

“He [Donald Trump] was elected by the American people. He will defend the American interests. The question is whether we are willing to defend the European interest. It is the only question. It is our priority.”

Aljazeera

President of France

07 Nov 2024 6 3

Sergei Shoigu

Inserted 2 months ago

“Instead of letting [Ukraine] peacefully develop over decades, it was not only shamelessly robbed but also collectively turned into a weapon for strategically defeating Russia. Their plot has failed. The countries where color revolutions, supported by the West, took place had experienced decreased living standards, weakened economic potential, the uncontrolled drain of capital and resources, and, in the worst-case scenario, the country becoming an instrument for implementing the interests of Western elites. Unfortunately, this is precisely what happened with Ukraine. In 1992, over 50 million people resided there. The economic potential was comparable to that of France and Italy.”

Tass

Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation

07 Nov 2024 5 2

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 2 months ago

“His [Donald Trump] behavior at the moment of an attempt on his life left an impression on me. He turned out to be a brave man. He manifested himself in the very correct way, bravely as a man. What Trump has said about the desire to restore relations with Russia, to help end the Ukrainian crisis, in my opinion, deserves attention at least.”

Apnews

President of Russia

07 Nov 2024 4 4

Mark Rutte

Inserted 2 months ago

“What we see more and more is that North Korea, Iran, China, and of course Russia are working together, working together against Ukraine. At the same time, Russia has to pay for this, and one of the things they are doing is delivering technology to North Korea, which is now threatening in future the mainland of the U.S., continental Europe. I look forward to sit down with Donald Trump to discuss how we can face these threats collectively.”

Rferl

Secretary General of NATO

07 Nov 2024 6 6

Jill Stein

Inserted 2 months ago

“The Democrats have no one to blame but themselves for losing to Trump again after decades of failures and betrayals. This year removes any doubt that the Democratic Party has failed the people it claims to represent and we need a genuine opposition party for people, planet and peace.”

X

Green Party's nominee for president of the United States

07 Nov 2024 6 3

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 2 months ago

“I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him [Donald Trump] on his election as president of the United States of America.”

Apnews

President of Russia

07 Nov 2024 2 2

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Inserted 2 months ago

“The negativity, caused by the war in Ukraine gets exacerbated every day. The prolongation of the war leaves fewer and fewer options for diplomacy. In the last few weeks, I met with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin; before that, I received the foreign minister of Ukraine. I conveyed to them our messages that the space for diplomacy must be reopened.”

Tass

Turkish President

07 Nov 2024 6 3

Nayib Bukele

Inserted 2 months ago

“I congratulated him [Donald Trump] on his sweeping victory on Tuesday, and we discussed the strong mandate he received from the American people and the significance his election holds for the world. We had an interesting conversation about his podcast strategy, the bullet that nearly killed him, the incredible people around him, the sometimes harmful effects of U.S. aid funds, Soros-backed NGOs, and our shared commitment to tackling the challenges ahead. May God bless his administration.”

X

President of El Salvador

07 Nov 2024 4 2

Melissa Deckman

Inserted 2 months ago

“The Harris campaign did not necessarily do a good job of explaining how her policies would help the middle class, or at least that message wasn't really resonating with a lot of voters.”

Aljazeera

Political scientist and the CEO of Public Religion Research Institute

07 Nov 2024 3 3

David Schultz

Inserted 2 months ago

“Harris focused too much on abortion rather than more salient issues, such as economic policies, that would appeal to working class voters, including women. This caused Harris to lose critical battleground states that had consistently voted for Democrats before 2016. Harris lost Wisconsin because she lost the working class and did not win women, suburbs and young voters.”

Aljazeera

Author and political science professor at Minnesota’s Hamline University

07 Nov 2024 9 3

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 2 months ago

“We live in the era of cardinal and, basically, revolutionary changes. We get to not only comprehend, but be direct participants of the extremely complex processes in the first quarter of the 21st century.”

Tass

President of Russia

07 Nov 2024 1 1

Joe Biden

Inserted 2 months ago

“We have 74 days to finish the term. Let's make every day count. Setbacks are unavoidable, but giving up is unforgivable … We lost this battle. The America of your dreams is calling for you to get back up.”

Aje

President of the United States

07 Nov 2024 1 3

Mohammad Javad Zarif

Inserted 2 months ago

“Let us hope that President-elect Trump will stand against war as pledged. Iran, having shown its resolve and ability to stand up to any aggression, will not be swayed by threats, but will be cognisant of respect.”

Aje

Iran’s former foreign minister

07 Nov 2024 5 2

Andrew Yang

Inserted 2 months ago

“The biggest onus of this loss is on President Biden. If he had stepped down in January instead of July, we may be in a very different place.”

Aje

Candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries

07 Nov 2024 3 3

Ilya Budraitskis

Inserted 2 months ago

“We don't yet know whom Trump will put in charge of foreign policy. We have [Vice President-elect] JD Vance, who believes it's possible to grant certain concessions to Moscow [regarding Ukraine], but if it's someone like [former UN Ambassador during Trump's first term] Nikki Haley, she's taken a very hard stance on Russia. Trump's relations with Russia's allies, especially China and Iran, would affect Moscow. We also need to take a look at the bigger picture. Trump considers China to be his chief strategic competitor, and he's indicated he will be bolder towards Iran.”

Aljazeera

Russian historian, social scientist and now a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley

07 Nov 2024 6 3

Alexey Malinin

Inserted 2 months ago

“Trump's victory is proof that American voters are more interested in solving domestic problems than global politics. But, of course, no one expects Trump to abandon foreign policy issues. He has already announced that there will be no wars during his term, from which one could conclude that he plans to end the conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East. In my opinion, it is definitely too early to rejoice. It would be impossible for Trump to end the war in Ukraine on his own. It will not be possible to end it through any coercion of Russia, and the conditions acceptable to us may not suit both the Americans and many of Ukraine's sponsors in Europe. They will say, 'So much money has already been spent. Is it really all in vain?”

Aljazeera

Moscow-based founder of the Center for International Interaction and Cooperation

07 Nov 2024 7 3

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 2 months ago

“And some of those present here strongly advocated that Ukraine should make 'concessions' to Putin. This is unacceptable for Ukraine and suicidal for the entire Europe. So what's next? Should Europe hope for Kim Jong Un's sympathy that he will also leave Europe alone? No strong leader who has helped build a united, strong and peaceful Europe could even imagine that. At the same time the concept of peace through strength has repeatedly proved its realism and effectiveness. Now it [peace through strength] is needed once again. And there should be no illusions that you can buy a just peace by showing weakness or surrendering any European positions or the positions of any European country.”

Pravda

President of Ukraine

07 Nov 2024 7 3

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“I think the future of the 21st century is going to largely be defined by what happens in the Indo-Pacific. And I think China would love for us to be bogged down in Europe in a conflict and not focused on what's happening in the Indo-Pacific.”

“The citizens will soon have the opportunity to decide anew how to proceed. That is their right. I will therefore put the vote of confidence to the Bundestag at the beginning of next year.”

“There was agreement that Europe should take more responsibility for securing peace and safety. To put this more bluntly, we cannot wait for the Americans to protect us.”

“I'm sure that a quick end to the war means losses… if it's just quick, then it means losses for Ukraine. I simply don't understand it any other way for now. Maybe there's something we don't know or see. It happens. A little time is needed.”

“It is time to wake up from our geopolitical naivety and to realise that we need to commit additional resources in order to be able to address major challenges. It is a [question of] competitiveness and a European defence.”

“He [Donald Trump] was elected by the American people. He will defend the American interests. The question is whether we are willing to defend the European interest. It is the only question. It is our priority.”

“The Democrats have no one to blame but themselves for losing to Trump again after decades of failures and betrayals. This year removes any doubt that the Democratic Party has failed the people it claims to represent and we need a genuine opposition party for people, planet and peace.”

“I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him [Donald Trump] on his election as president of the United States of America.”

“The Harris campaign did not necessarily do a good job of explaining how her policies would help the middle class, or at least that message wasn't really resonating with a lot of voters.”

“We live in the era of cardinal and, basically, revolutionary changes. We get to not only comprehend, but be direct participants of the extremely complex processes in the first quarter of the 21st century.”

“We have 74 days to finish the term. Let's make every day count. Setbacks are unavoidable, but giving up is unforgivable … We lost this battle. The America of your dreams is calling for you to get back up.”

“Let us hope that President-elect Trump will stand against war as pledged. Iran, having shown its resolve and ability to stand up to any aggression, will not be swayed by threats, but will be cognisant of respect.”

“The biggest onus of this loss is on President Biden. If he had stepped down in January instead of July, we may be in a very different place.”

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