World order
He speak in their first charter about the Holy Roman Empire and the transit towards others forms of power. He describes the peace of Westphalia as a source of secular power and a start for international law formulations and power balance. Look like interessant!
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- World Order by Kissinger
Whatever you think of the man and his decisions, you will learn deep history and what's at stake in the increasing world chaos evidenced by the invasion of Ukraine, current Israel-Hamas war, impending Venezuelan invasion of Guyana, Sudanese Civil War, Myanmar Civil War, and the fate of Taiwanese lives.
- I think his book on World Orders is interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/World-Order-Henry-Kissinger/dp/014312...
- Kissinger's "World Order" (2014) is much, much better for anyone interested in how the internet will shape the future of governments. 10/10 do recommend.
This book ("The Age of AI", Kissinger, 2021) is as good as a Business Insider article written by a European regulator. Read "World Order" instead! Whatever you think of Kissinger, I guarantee you'll learn something from his 2014 book.
- Well that's the reason the War on Terror is such a stupid concept. There was no win condition, because we never defined one or stuck to it.
As Kissinger pointed out in World Order (love or hate the man, it's a good read) - military force is a political tool to achieve political goals. And just like Kissinger's abject failure to achieve any meaningful political goals other than endless, meaningless war and death, it's because he could never define goals that could be achieved in the first place.
And that's the story of American foreign policy in the middle east. Our leaders and political theorists can't even agree on what goals should be or even goals that can be reached - just meaningless diatribe about "presence" and "if we're not there someone else will step in."
- "Great" as in "prolific and influential" not as in "good."
Kissinger engineered our foreign policy for three decades, either directly, through mentorship, or through his writing and teaching. His voice is a powerful one, and if you are interested in contemporary geopolitics you should read his books and listen to his speeches. World Order is a fantastic text.
You don't have to agree with him.
- What you’re missing is 20M+ Russians were killed in the last world war. That kind of causes deep seated trust issues. You’re also utterly missing any understanding of geopolitics. May I recommend “Flashpoints” by George Friedman and “World Order” by Henry Kissinger. This will open your eyes to how the world works, and why things are the way they are.
And you should be worried if there are US nukes in you country. That means you’re now in other ICBM-capable countries’ targeting computers, likely for no other reason. When shit hits the fan you’re gonna get nuked. Congratulations.
