Henry Kissinger and Graham Allison on the U.S., China, and the Thucydide...

Henry Kissinger and Graham Allison on the U.S., China, and the Thucydides's Trap
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Henry Kissinger and Graham Allison on the U.S., China, and the Thucydides's Trap

July 11, 2017 at the Harvard Club of New York City
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Ben Wong
Ben Wong
5 months ago
Kissinger again shows he is the Master of geopolitics. His analysis is comprehensive, fair, and logical. It is unfortunate he is retired. The current crop of advisers in both China and America need to study Kissinger's works and thinking more assiduously.
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 Tao Forte
Tao Forte
4 months ago (edited)
The American strategy is to hold private negotiations with China, S.Korea, and Japan with the collective aim being the removal of Kim Jong-Un from North Korean power. When Jong-Un's removal is complete, the U.S S.Korea and Japan will propose measures for the unification of the North and South Koreas. To appease Chinese leadership, they will propose that all S.Korean and American military personel and hardware be on the southern side of the DMZ....this is what Kissinger has publicly sold. China on the other hand will reject a unified Korean peninsula and want to install a Chinese led, post Jong-Un North Korean regime. They will demand autonomy to continue their expansion into the South China seas. They will demand that the U.S end their military presence in South Korea. The U.S will reject this counter-offer immediately. Stalemate. That is what will play out publicly. The reality is that there is an estimated 10 trillion dollars of natural resources in North Korea. China, the U.S and Russia will all have ambitions and aims for access to these resources. China will be holding all the cards in these backroom discussions. China's alliance with Russia, it's influence and power in the region and having an unspoken claim to North Korea make this the reality. The question then becomes.... Who will sell out American military and strategic aims in Asia for access to North Korean resources. The U.S military leadership will be on high alert for traitors embedded within American leadership who's loyalties lie with multi-national corporate cartels( Haliburton is an example with historical precedent) These individuals will compromise American hegemony and long term strategies, for the benefit of their share holders with offshore interests instead. This is a crucial moment for American interests not only in terms of their "Asia pivot" but in the U.S's global agenda as well.
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 halp93
halp93
4 months ago
@58:00 That "Lloyd" making comments about experiences in China is one Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs.