China: Kissinger: “America doesn’t know what balance is with China”

“We are on the brink of war with Russia and China over issues of our own making, a policy undertaken without any idea of ​​how it will end or what it will lead to (…) [pelos Estados Unidos e China] It created and implemented the development of Taiwan as an autonomous democratic system and preserved the peace between China and the United States for 50 years (…) so the measures to change the basic structure must be taken very seriously (…) The current US government does not know what the existence is, you must first acknowledge the legitimacy of your counterpart. want Equilibrium cannot be achieved if you contest legitimacy, including the sovereignty of your fellow man. In my opinion, balance has two components. A kind of balance of power, accepting the legitimacy of sometimes opposing values. Because I don’t think balance is possible if you believe that the end result of your endeavors should be the imposition of your values. So a level is a kind of absolute equilibrium. Another level of behavioral equilibrium, that is, there are limits to the use of your own abilities and power in relation to what is required for general equilibrium (…) What you can do is not to accelerate tensions and create preferences. You must have a purpose.

(Henry Kissinger to Laura Secor to Wall Street Journal. A German-born refugee from Nazism in the United States, he was an adviser to presidents and secretaries of state in the 1960s and 1970s. At 99, Fear of the future(Six Studies in World Strategy) examines the leadership of politicians such as Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle, Richard Nixon, Anwar Sadat, Lee Kuan Yew and Margaret Thatcher.)