At the CDF, he stressed how different the situation is now, compared to 1972, when he and then-President Richard Nixon first met with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. Unlike the immediate military threats back then, today’s challenges – such as climate change, cyber security, and global health – can be addressed only through collaborative strategic engagement.
在现代中美关系建立初期就活跃在舞台上的亨利·基辛格对此进行了梳理。在中国发展高层论坛上，他强调了当前局面与1972年他与时任总统尼克松首次与毛泽东和周恩来会面时的不同。与当时紧迫的军事威胁不同，今天的挑战——如气候变化、网络安全和全球卫生——都可以仅仅依靠合作性战略参与解决。