Henry Kissinger - The African Mirror

Dec

02

2023

Henry Kissinger: history will judge the former US Secretary of State’s southern African interventions to be a failure

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

HENRY Kissinger, who sexed up the art of diplomacy in the eight years between 1969 and 1977, has died at the age of 100. In the obituaries that have been written, some laud Kissinger’s role in the shaping of East-West relations while he was in office as US Secretary of State. And many in their commentary on the decades beyond call him a “statesman”. PETER VALE, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria, and Visiting Professor of International Relations, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, University of Pretoria Radical critics have pointed to Kissinger’s ruthless…

Dec

01

2023

By The African Mirror

Henry Kissinger, dominant U.S. diplomat of Cold War era, dies aged 100

WORLD

HENRY Kissinger, the dominant U.S. diplomat of the Cold War era who helped Washington open up to China, forge arms control deals with the Soviet Union and end the Vietnam War but who was reviled by critics over human rights, has died at the age of 100. Kissinger, a German-born Jewish refugee whose career took him from academia to diplomacy and who remained an active voice in foreign policy into his later years, died at his home in Connecticut on Wednesday, his geopolitical consulting firm, Kissinger Associates Inc., said. Kissinger was at the height of his powers during the 1970s…

Sep

30

2023

By GWLADYS FOUCHE

Nobel Peace Prize: who has won and who missed out?

NEWS

THE winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on October 6 in Oslo. Here are some past winners - and one person who did not but should have. MARTIN LUTHER KING The leader of the U.S. civil rights movement was "the first person in the Western world to have shown us that a struggle can be waged without violence," according to the then chairman of the awarding body, Gunnar Jahn. "He is the first to make the message of brotherly love a reality in the course of his struggle, and he has brought this message to all men, to…

Apr

15

2023

By The African Mirror

Henry Kissinger at 100: history will judge the former US secretary of state’s southern African interventions to be a failure

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

HENRY Kissinger, who sexed up the art of diplomacy in the eight years between 1969 and 1977, will turn 100 in May this year. Given his age and his long influence on global affairs, several “anticipatory obituaries” have been written. Some laud Kissinger’s role in the shaping of East-West relations while he was in office as US Secretary of State. And many in their commentary on the decades beyond continue to call him a “statesman”. Author PETER VALE, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship and Visiting Professor of International Relations, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, University…