(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 20 (KUNA) -- With the international order in place since World War II breaking down, the new president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, must set a course for America in the world, particularly in its relations with China, Europe and Russia, said Henry A. Kissinger. "President Trump will have to find a definition of the American role that answers the concern in many parts of the world that America is giving up its indispensable leadership role and define what and where America can lead, where it must contribute, and in that process help in the creation of an international order," he stated Kissinger, who served as US secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 and is Chairman of Kissinger Associates, was addressing the closing session of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting here on Friday.
Trump will need to reshape ties with China and Russia and recast the transatlantic alliance with Europe, Kissinger advised. "One of the key problems of our period is that the international order with which we are familiar is disintegrating and new elements from Asia and the developing world are entering," Kissinger said. Describing the US transatlantic partnership with Europe, Kissinger said: "I don't think it is obsolete; it is vital. What needs to be re-examined is the relevance of the institutions." "A transatlantic partnership needs to be reconstructed, but it is a key element of American and European policy," he stressed. (end) ta.gb
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