Asks the Stanford Review, about the moderate-conservative Republican: "But, then, what is Dr. Rice doing giving speeches? Writing op-eds? Attending fundraisers? Yes, these are things a vice presidential contender would be doing, but they’re also things the next Henry Kissinger would be doing."
It continues: "Dr. Kissinger, like Dr. Rice, has a doctorate. Both are academics who had been published and read widely prior to entering government. Kissinger started as national security advisor to Richard Nixon before also assuming control of the State Department. Rice followed this pathway under George W. Bush, except she didn’t have the bravado to hold both positions at the same time. Kissinger retired from State in 1977 and published his first memoir in 1979; Rice retired from State in 2009 and published her first memoir in 2010."
More: "The similarities extend further. Dr. Kissinger founded his international consultancy vehicle, Kissinger Associates, with former national security advisor Brent Scowcroft in 1982. Rice founded her own consultancy, RiceHadley, with former national security advisor Stephen Hadley in 2009. (Robert Gates later joined them.) Kissinger writes op-eds (over 50 since 2006), gives speeches, attends Republican fundaisers, serves on commissions, boards, and committees, and writes books. All of this helps to sharpen Kissinger’s mind, strengthen his brand, and satiate his appetite for foreign policy and national security, while largely keeping him out of the political partisan scene. In certain loony circles, he may remain a villain and a war criminal, but is more known today for being a statesman. That, we submit, is the role to which Condoleezza Rice aspires."
Condi Rice: The Next Henry Kissinger?
