Henry Kissinger Case Study

During Richard Nixon’s presidency, a major goal of his was to become friendlier with Communist China and become the first president to visit China. In order to accomplish this goal, Nixon requested that his advisor Henry Kissinger visit China to lay the foreground for the President’s trip. On September 27th, 1970, Henry Kissinger and Jean Sainteny were discussing foreign matters in his apartment in Paris, France. Upon discussing Communist China, Kissinger asks Sainteny he could set up a channel with Huang Chen. Sainteny said he would despite not knowing Chinese, he then told Kissinger he would ask an associate who spoke Chinese if they could meet and would write back to Kissinger if it happened. A month later, Kissinger met with Nicolae Ceausescu, President of State of the Socialist Republic of Romania, to discuss Vietnam. However, Kissinger brought up the interest of the United States in pursuing relations and President Ceausescu replies by saying he will inform Chinese leaders of the conversation and will pass any communications on to Kissinger. Once again, Kissinger is being persistent and displaying his goodwill in order to achieve the goal he wants. In this case, he is trying to display

A second disengagement treaty would need to be reached with both Egypt and Israel in order to settle once again the rules and regulations of forces allowed inside the Sinai Peninsula. The talks between Egypt and Israel displayed the ability of Henry Kissinger to persuade other nations. As a result of the talks, Kissinger was able to lift the oil ban by the Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Yet beyond that, Kissinger was able to influence the redraw the lines of the map in one of the most hostile regions of the world. Through his persistency during shuttle diplomacy and relentless tactics, Kissinger was able to bring peace to the Middle