China is currently a much greater concern for him than Russia, says Henry Kissinger, the grand old man of international crisis diplomacy. The superpowers of China and the United States would have to be careful not to sleepwalk into a world war.
Henry Kissinger’s office is on Park Avenue near Central Park in Manhattan. The former foreign minister is available for the interview with the star arrived from his home in the state of Connecticut. He walks bent over, with a cane, an employee leads him into the corner room and there into his chair. Behind them on the windowsill framed photos of Kissinger with Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Mao Zedong. In the hallway a soccer ball from the Fürth game association and the new book by Norbert Röttgen.
Mr. Kissinger, you just turned 99. What is the secret of your longevity?
I was smart enough to choose my parents. Both turned almost 98.