Search: Henry Kissinger (7 materials)

A Short Postscript to Henry Kissinger’s Long Century

... century, was dying in his estate near Hamburg. As he was passing away, he whispered in his deathbed delirium: “I am dying... proceeding from the common national interests, it’s impossible....” A very similar phrase may well have been uttered by Henry Kissinger, the 56th U.S. Secretary of State, in his home in Kent, Connecticut, while he was on the verge of dying on November 29, 2023. Indeed, several generations of politicians, diplomats, international experts and journalists—not only in the ...

02.12.2023

The Impact of Crypto-Assets on Governments and the International Community: A Forecast for 2035

As the financial and technological sphere rapidly develops, it will increasingly impact the entire globe, including global governance structures, and the traditional system of international law. Particularly pressing is in the domain of crypto-assets, which contain huge resources and is simultaneously developing with a disregard for state borders. Hence, this sphere will inevitably place the international community in a position where adequate and exhaustive international regulation for this new...

13.03.2023

Kissinger’s Mystery

... “perezagruzka” button. He needs to choose subtler a course. That’s why Trump visibly prefers to deal with Moscow indirectly. On 10th of May US President held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The same day Donald Trump received another visitor: Henry Kissinger, National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. One can easily deduce that it was no coincidence. Still, what advice can “America’s most controversial statesman” – according to historian Greg ...

22.05.2017

Members of the Valdai Club and RIAC Meet with Henry Kissinger

On February 3, 2016 members of the Valdai International Discussion Club met in Moscow with former US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger. The meeting was attended by several RIAC members, namely Chairman of the Board of Directors of ABH Holdings S.A. and member of the Board of Directors of Alfa-Bank (Russia) Petr Aven; RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov; Director of ...

04.02.2016

Crimea: When, and If, the Dust Settles

... experience is that the voice of “wisdom” in old age is often considered “utopian” or “unrealistic” when the same counsel comes from younger voices with much less experience. Such is the case for the “wisdom” of Henry Kissinger who has raised a plea for “reconciliation” between Ukrainian factions in the wake of the furtive Russian intervention in Crimea [1] . Kissinger likewise asserted his opposition to Ukraine’s full membership of NATO and ...

11.04.2014

Speaking with Henry Kissinger: for RIAC Only

On October 27, RIAC experts on Russian-American relations met former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger , Nobel Peace Prize winner for launching peace talks with Vietnam, initiator of the U.S.-China rapprochement and a key figure in elaborating a new treaty on arms reductions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Yevgeny Primakov,...

28.10.2013

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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