Summary Of Henry Kissinger On The Assembly Of A New World Order

Henry Kissinger is a political scientist who served as former national security adviser and secretary of state under Nixon and Ford. In his article “Henry Kissinger on the Assembly of a New World Order”, which was published in the Wall Street Journal on August 29, 2014, Henry Kissinger focuses on the crisis of the of the current world order. In my review, I will first talk about the current world order and why Henry Kissinger thinks that this order is in crisis. In the second part, I will focus on Henry Kissinger’s recommendations for the international community and the United States in order to help developing a 21st century world order. In the last part of my review, I will express my opinion about “Henry Kissinger on the Assembly of a New
Before WWII, the world order was dominated by the European approach, after WWII, this approach was replaced by superpower America’s new order. Other than Europe, America tried to establish liberty and democracy all over the world. Furthermore, the United States established free markets, which benefited individuals as well as society. However, Henry Kissinger believes that this concept of order is in crisis. For Kissinger, there are 3 reasons why the current order is failing. The nature of the state itself, the clash between international economy and the political institutions and the absence of an effective mechanism for the great powers to consult and cooperate on the most important issues.
To explain the change of the nature of the state, Kissinger uses Europe as an example. Europe tries to try to craft a foreign policy based mainly on soft power. Kissinger criticizes this, because he believes that this alone can’t sustain a world order. “In Europe, there is a vacuum of authority internally and an imbalance of power along its borders” (Kissinger, par.5). Concurrent to this, in the Middle East, states can’t control their own territory, and many parties are in conflict with each