According to him, the most likely such confrontation is between China and the United States. The patriarch of American diplomacy believes that Washington and Beijing have already become adversaries, despite the expectations of “Westernization” of the Celestial Empire that existed in Western countries. Therefore, he believes, hoping that China will accept the West’s view is no longer a compelling strategy. An additional danger to this clash, according to Kissinger, is the fact that China and the United States have comparable financial and economic resources, which was not the case during the First Cold War.
Referring to the prospects for a post-conflict security architecture in Ukraine, the former US Secretary of State offered the following formula: “At the end of the day, we must find a place for Ukraine and a place for Russia, if we don’t want Russia to become China’s outpost in Europe.” Last year, the former US secretary of state advised President Joe Biden to be flexible in geopolitics to defuse tensions In addition, Kissinger discussed the risks of escalation in September last year during a meeting with Wang Yi, head of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee “a rational and pragmatic policy “.
