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Heinz A. Kissinger

HEINZ Kissinger sloughed many skins in his 100-year-long life. He shed Heinz to become Henry, his German ancestry to become an American, his original faith Judaism to become a faux…

Kissinger’s victims

Historian Greg Grandin, in his 2015 biography of Henry Kissinger, estimated that Kissinger’s policies were responsible for 3 to 4 million deaths around the world – from Vietnam to Pakistan,…

Kissinger on China and the US

On the momentous occasion of Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday, he still continues to divulge his astute observations on the complex realm of US-China relations. With unwavering acuity, Kissinger keeps on…

The end game?

Why this happened is not complicated. Ever since the British, supported by the US, cheated the Palestinians of their land, which they administered as trustees after the breakup of the…

The leadership deficit

PAKISTAN’S problems seem to multiply by the day and contribute to the country’s deepening po­­larisation and instability. Public protests, insurgency, militant violence, terrorism, centre-province friction, disputes over the sharing of water and government-opposition confrontation are happening all at once.…

Chinese burn

ALMOST 70 years ago, the Chinese leader Mao Zedong dismissed the US as a “paper tiger”. He clarified that the reference was strategic. “Regarding [American imperialism] as a whole, we…

Between China and the US

DURING his recent official trip to China, President Asif Zardari reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to the strategic partnership with that country. In his meetings with Chinese leaders, especially President Xi Jinping, the Pakistani leader…

Small and great

WITH the exception of a handful of countries, this world is ruled by small people. There is no great man in sight. In America, Richard Nixon was the last great…