Kissinger Says Asia Is Like 19th-Century Europe on Use of Force

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger raised the specter of war in Asia as tension between China and Japan played out at a global security conference.

“Asia is more in a position of 19th-century Europe, where military conflict is not ruled out,” Kissinger, 90, said on a panel at the meeting in Munich, Germany, yesterday. “Between Japan and China, the issue for the rest of us is that neither side be tempted to rely on force to settle the issue.”