The view from the old fortress in Balibo is of the Savu Sea and volcanic slopes consisting of sun-torched branches and eroded soil. Children of war-plagued parents play here, running along the boulders that the Indonesian invaders sprayed with bullets that day in late 1975 when Timor-Leste was overrun by the Indonesian army and pro-Indonesian … Read more
In the West, no shortage of commentators were quick to denounce Henry Kissinger as a war criminal upon his death. China’s media, by contrast, hailed Kissinger as an “old friend of the Chinese people” and a “distinguished American diplomat” known around the world for the “wisdom” of his diplomacy. China’s embrace of Henry Kissinger began … Read more
I had hoped that reading endless tributes and critiques of the work and life of Henry Kissinger would disabuse me of the felt need to add my own fragmentary comments. We all know that Winston Lord, because of his historic cooperation with Kissinger in opening relations with the People’s Republic of China, is the leading … Read more