Henry Kissinger: “We have allowed inattention over 20 years to the structure, the practices, the bureaucracy of the Department of Defense…”

I believe it likely that the leadership realizes that it is very difficult, if not impossible, for them to carry out the domestic changes in an atmosphere of Cold War with the United States.

The United States must address all these questions at a moment when many in the wider world believe Americans have voluntarily stepped back from strong leadership.

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

My basic point is that we can maintain a favorable balance of power, but we must couple it with a political structure in which the issue of war and peace can be used as a diplomatic as well as a military expression.