What could go wrong?
For years, Kissinger has argued that promoting a greater balance of power between the U.S. and Russia would improve global stability.* But skeptics fear this approach will sacrifice other values and reward bad behavior by the Kremlin, including its alleged election meddling, its invasion of Ukraine and its support for Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. There’s also the question of how Kissinger himself would personally benefit from a new reset with Russia: Aside from the reputational boost of having easy access to two major world leaders, the former secretary of state's secretive consulting firm, Kissinger Associates Inc., could get a bump in business.
“I think Kissinger is preparing a diplomatic offensive,” said Marcel H. Van Herpen, a Russia specialist and Putin critic who directs the Cicero Foundation, a Dutch think tank. “He’s a realist. The most important thing for him is international equilibrium, and there’s no talk of human rights or democracy.”
* Hmmm, maybe we should just give Russia our latest military technology? After all there is no balance of power now — hell, they only have one obsolete aircraft carrier and it was built in 1885…>
There’s a great deal more to equating the military prowess between the United States and Russia than just counting nuclear warheads. Russia has the power to be a thorn in the side of the United States in a few hot spots around the world. However, as this website describes, they barely compete with the United States as an international military power.