International Law

Gotta Love Kissinger?s US-China Op/Ed

By Stan

Slight exaggeration, but virtually all the articles you read about US-China relations gravitate towards one of two policy poles. Either the advice suggests strong engagement with the other party, or the author preaches alarm, confrontation and disengagement.

Additionally, US foreign policy types include strong engagement supporters (I am one of these), realists, and neocons (the latter preaching confrontation).

Today’s Op/Ed in the Washington Post by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is a real winner. It is a rare policy document these days in that it is a very neutral statement of a realist foreign policy (applicable to both countries), and it neither engages in touchy-feely pronouncements of deep engagement, nor tough talk about the “inevitable” China Threat.

Good stuff from someone who, politics aside, is still the master at analyzing the multilateral foreign policy landscape.

Below are a few choice bits with some additional comments, although I highly recommend the entire article.
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