Spiegel has an interview with Henry Kissinger discussing the Treaty of Versailles. He also likes Obama to a "chess player" when it comes to politics, but there is no mention, at all, about the 'Great Game' of Afghanistan, especially ironic in that:

Kissinger: I believe that Obama has a unique chance to conduct a peaceful American foreign policy. I do not see any conflicts between such major countries, China, Russia, India, and the U.S., which will justify a military solution. Therefore, there is an opportunity for a diplomatic effort. Moreover, the economic crisis does not permit countries to devote a historic percentage of their resources to military conflict. I am structurally more optimistic than a couple of years ago.

The U.S. is still fighting two hot wars and has military bases spread across the planet. (When is Europe going to ask the Americans leave, by the way. It could really save my country some bucks if Europe did.) Anyway, I thought this was amusing:

Kissinger: Let me say a word about realpolitik, just for clarification. I regularly get accused of conducting realpolitik. I don't think I have ever used that term. It is a way by which critics want to label me and say, "Watch him. He's a German really. He doesn't have the American view of things."