Edward Lucas Quotes

United Kingdom, Journalist
May 3, 1962

Edward Lucas is a British writer and security-policy expert. Born in Wiltshire, he was educated at New College School, Winchester College and the London School of Economics. He briefly studied Polish at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. His father is the Oxford philosopher John Lucas.

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The ideological conflict of the New Cold War is between lawless Russian nationalism and law-governed Western multilateralism.

Edward Lucas
If we do not win the New Cold War on terms of our choosing, we will ﬁght at a time and place chosen by our adversary, and the odds will be tilted against us.

Edward Lucas
- Odds
- Cold War
- Adversary

This is not an approach that would be tolerated in other forms of protest. Anti-nuclear activists may blockade power stations or weapons facilities. Even they would regard it as irresponsible to try to sabotage them, aiming to cause maximum damage, in the expectation that the resulting debate will outweigh the harm done.

Edward Lucas
- Weapons
- Damage
- Protest