就其思想文化背景而言,基辛格是欧洲大陆派,但他钦佩的是法国人,而不是英国人或德国人。他曾在《重建的世界》一书中推崇英国政治家卡斯尔雷子爵(1769～1822),因为卡斯尔雷在世界主要列强的外交关系中倡导了一种崭新的概念,即建立一个欧洲政府的理想。但基辛格认为,卡斯尔雷和英国人的错误总的说来是,他们对欧洲事务关心不够,而且很自私。基辛格写道,除了面临共同的危险,任何由于其他原因而把欧洲 In terms of its ideological and cultural background, Kissinger is a European continental, but he admires the French instead of the British or the German. He once praised the British politician Viscount Viscount (1769–1822) in the book “The World of Reconstruction” because Castlereay advocated a brand-new concept in the world’s major foreign relations, namely establishing a The ideal of the European government. But Kissinger believes that the general error of Castlereagh and the British is that they are not concerned about European affairs and are selfish. Kissinger wrote that in addition to facing common dangers, any other reasons