The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
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

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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