Kissinger's Diplomacy

According to Kissinger, no country has influenced international relations so decisively and ambiguous as the USA. Moreover, no nation has been more pragmatic in its daily conduct of diplomacy and ideological in the pursuit of its historic moral convictions. Moreover, Kissinger describes two opposing attitudes towards foreign policy. The first is that America's best serve its values, reinforcing democracy at home and became inspiration for other countries. The second is that the values of the USA are spread around the world, the mental attitudes are the product of American experience and inflict a global international order based on democracy, free trade and international law that has not really existed is utopian.

In line with Kissinger’ idea, the USA has the best management system and the rest of the world can achieve peace and prosperity only perceive the American reverence for international law and democracy. Furthermore, the American perceptions of international politics face the European diplomatic traditions of the Paris Conference of 1919. The European leaders seek to restore the old system and methods, while the Americans believe that the Great War broke out because of the vicious European methods. In addition to this, Kissinger established 14 points of Wilson, which clearly exposed that the international system should not be based on the equilibrium of forces and the ethnic self - determination, and diplomacy must be guided by explicit agreements. Americans attribute the troubles of Europeans in their system of balance, while the Europeans to the Americans - for their global reformist policy. In fact, both approaches to foreign policy are products of their own unique conditions. Balance of forces guarded the American security and the collapse leads to an involvement of America in international politics. Europe has been pushed to the policy of balance of power when the dream of a world empire collapsed and growing number of countries. The system of balance of forces is intended to limit the ability of states to dominate the one above the other; its objective is stability and moderation. The concept of balance of power reflects the views of all major political thinkers of the Enlightenment - the universe exists as a result of interaction of international relations principles.

On the whole, the USA, in relation to Kissinger, must take into account the fundamental values of the first society in history, established in the name of freedom. The traditional American idealism must be connected with a careful evaluation of current realities to create an appropriate set of USA interests. Implementation of the American ideals will be pursued by patiently accumulating partial record. Finally, prosecution of former goals - peace, stability, progress and freedom of humanity - will be endless voyage.