At Bilderberg’s bigwig bash two things are guaranteed: Kissinger and secrecy

Ukraine, Russia and Nato weighed heavy on the schedule, with “Fiscal Challenges” and “Transnational Threats” seeming like light relief. They don’t mind a new world order, but they want it to be manufactured at Bilderberg, not made in China. The twin threats of China and technology are intertwined in the thinking of Bilderberg board member Eric Schmidt. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty ImagesIncredibly, Kissinger has been attending Bilderberg conferences on and off since 1957. Yet that doesn’t seem to raise any ethical red flags with any of the politicians who trot along to the talks.