Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - He kaiwhakaako o te "Realpolitik", i whai wāhi nui a Kissinger ki te kaupapa here ā-iwi o Te Hononga o Amerika i waenganui i te 1969 me te 1977. I tēnei wā, i ārahi ia i te kaupapa here o "détente" ki te Soviet Union, i whakatū i te whakatuwheratanga o ngā hononga ki Haina, i uru ki te mea i mōhiotia ko te rerenga rerenga i te Middle East ki te whakamutu i te Yom Kippur War, me te whakawhitiwhiti i nga Whakaaetanga Hauora o Paris, ka mutu te whakauru o Amerika ki te Pakanga o Vietnam. Kua honoa hoki a Kissinger ki nga kaupapa tautohetohe penei i te whakauru o te US ki te 1973 Chilean coup, he "mahana matomato" ki te hoia hoia o Argentina mo to ratou Pakanga Kino, me te tautoko a te US mo Pakistan i te Pakanga Bangladesh
ahakoa te kohurutanga i mahia e ana hoa. Whai muri i tana wehenga mai i te kawanatanga, ka whakatūria e ia a Kissinger Associates, he kamupene tohutohu ā-iwi ā-ao. Kua tuhia e Kissinger neke atu i te tekau mā rua ngā pukapuka mō te hītori ā-motu me ngā whanaungatanga o te ao.