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Kissinger explains how to avoid a third world war
Could the former US secretary of state’s centenary interview with the Economist point to ways to avoid a catastrophic conflict between the United States and China, asks MARC VANDEPITTE
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, in Washington
STEPHEN ARNELL looks at some of the notorious political corruption cases from British history
ENRIQUE SANTIAGO ROMERO says the Colombian far-right’s election victory is deeply suspect — and the United States has its fingerprints all over it
History suggests apartheid ends not through appeals to conscience alone but through sustained economic and political pressure, says HUGH LANNING
ARTHUR WEST surveys the achievements of the Scottish campaign against South African apartheid and how we can draw on them to fight a rising far right
As the US marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, the People’s World Editorial Collective argues that the real legacy of 1776 lies not in official celebrations but in centuries of popular struggles to make democracy a reality for all
WHEN it comes to foreign policy, Henry Kissinger is one of the most important voices in the US.
For years, he was national security adviser. He was also secretary of state under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
In the early 1970s, he masterminded the US-China rapprochement to isolate and weaken the then Soviet Union.
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