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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicHenry Kissinger

Topic: Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger abused Indira Gandhi in 1971. Western media only reported his apology

In ‘Western Media Narratives on India’, Umesh Upadhyay writes about how former colonisers maintain their sway using media. He focuses on how the narrative was spinned in India from 1947 to now.

Henry Kissinger’s foreign policy approach was brutish at worst, unsentimental at best

Kissinger’s actions in Vietnam, Chile, Indonesia and beyond significantly challenged his legacy of negotiation and diplomacy and – in the eyes of some – were tantamount to war crimes.

I happen to like India, but at the end of the day, I have to think of America — Henry Kissinger in 2004

This is the full text of ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta’s 2004 NDTV Walk the Talk interview of Henry Kissinger at Delhi’s India Habitat Centre.

Statesman, diplomat & China’s ‘old friend’ who stood aside as Bengalis died — Henry Kissinger’s legacy

A polarising figure in global geo-politics, the pro-China diplomat was also reported to have been disparaging about Indians. His rants about Indira Gandhi are well-documented.

‘A wise & pragmatic statesman:’ Putin expresses condolences over Henry Kissinger’s death

Kissinger, who passed away at 100, pursued dialogue between the US and Soviet Union in 1970s that led to first major nuclear arms control treaties between 2 Cold War superpowers.

Former US diplomat and Nobel Prize winner Henry Kissinger dies at 100

Kissinger served under two US presidents, and played a key role in the diplomatic opening of China, U.S.-Soviet arms control talks, and ties between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

Xi-Kissinger meeting sends a direct message to US: accommodate China, don’t contain

Henry Kissinger’s visit highlights Beijing’s inability to find support in Washington’s political beltway against the Joe Biden administration’s China agenda.

‘Brotherhood’ on US trip & countering the ‘triad’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.