Looks like Kissinger knows what's going on.

“I think we are in a very, very grave period for the world,” Kissinger replies. “I have conducted innumerable summit meetings, so they didn’t learn this one [Helsinki] from me.”

It is clear he will not elaborate further. I ask him which period he would liken to today.

sauce: https://www.ft.com/content/926a66b0-8b49-11e8-bf9e-8771d5404543