Reference News Network on December 2** Japan's "Yomiuri Shimbun" published an article entitled "Kissinger the Strategist Who Influenced the World with His Life" on December 1, which is compiled as follows:
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died on November 29, was a strategist who brought isolationist and idealistic American diplomacy back to realism. In recent years, from the confrontation between the United States and China, known as the "new Cold War", to the danger of the uncontrolled development of artificial intelligence, Kissinger has been making suggestions and still exerting great influence in the world.
Any disruption of the balance between the United States and China could lead to catastrophic consequences. In an interview with The Economist at the end of April, Kissinger expressed this sense of crisis in U.S.-China relations. He stressed that restraint and dialogue between the two sides are indispensable for maintaining international order.
The peace brought about by the "balance of power" can be said to be the diplomatic attitude pursued by Kissinger.
A classic example of Kissinger-style diplomacy is the normalization of U.S.-China relations. Before Nixon, the United States was hostile to China, and Kissinger took advantage of the confrontation between China and the Soviet Union to get close to China, so as to contain the Soviet Union and establish a stable security system brought about by the "balance of power."
Kissinger once pointed out in an article in this newspaper: "Diplomacy is not an academic study. It is an exercise that carefully examines the real interests of each country in order to function in the overall interests of the countries concerned and to contribute to the international order as much as possible. Such a line of realism continued to underpin American diplomacy after the end of the Cold War.
Kissinger has repeatedly warned this year about the security threat posed by artificial intelligence. He has repeatedly mentioned that AI**, which can act autonomously and cannot be controlled, could "wreak havoc on humanity."
His views have also been controversial. Focusing on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, he proposed in January this year that Russia should be given the opportunity to return to the international community in the future. He explained that this was to prevent the nuclear-armed state Russia from getting out of control, but Ukraine criticized it as a "policy of appeasement." (Compiled by Liu Jieqiu).