Henry Kissinger: “For us, the problem is hegemony by any one country over Eurasia is a potential threat to our security.”

The balance of power must be maintained, but it is also necessary to attempt a strategic dialogue that prevents the balance of power from having to be tested.

The United States has not faced a more diverse and complex array of crises since the end of the second World War.

What is occurring is more than a coincidence of individual crises across various geographies. Rather, it is a systemic failure of world order.

We are currently speaking loudly about Chinese incursions in the South China Sea, the Russian Navy incursions, and yet we are carrying an ever-smaller stick.