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Historian, writer, broadcaster, Harvard professor, Hoover senior fellow. Latest book is Kissinger, vol. I: The Idealist (Penguin, September 2015).

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  1. 8 hours ago

    It takes a network to defeat a network: the lesson of Brussels and Lahore

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  2. Mar 27

    Now do you see what I mean about needing a European security network to beat the networks of terror?

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  3. Mar 27

    Message to Brexiteers from a man who actually knows how to defeat terrorists:

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  4. Mar 26

    99% of people who use the word “network” have no idea what it implies. Isis is the Facebook of Islamic extremism:

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  5. Mar 26

    The true lesson of Brussels: It takes a network to defeat a network. Argues for greater not less EU integration:

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  6. Mar 23

    A brilliant piece on Trumpism by Michael Pettis

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  7. Mar 22

    Credit where it is due: the (great) idea of a Council of Historical Advisers for the next POTUS is Graham Allison's.

    Historians on the Hill sounds great. How about a Council of Historic Advisors for POTUS as suggests?
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  8. Mar 21

    Lincoln: "Reason must furnish the materials for our future defense” against demagogues. Must read by

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  9. Mar 21

    Politics, masculine v. feminine. The difference between making America whole again and punching a hole in it.

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  10. Mar 20

    And some history, too: exploding the myth about Henry Kissinger's role in the 1968 election.

    On today, . Is Nixon's Chennault Affair a red herring?
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  11. Mar 20

    The foreign policy dangers posed by ...

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    On today, Niall Ferguson says Trump's foreign policy would be a disaster.
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  12. Mar 19

    Politics shifts from the feminine to the masculine - or rather to phony machismo:

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  13. Mar 17

    I agree with this. Why leave now, when UK has won the arguments over EMU, Schengen and "ever closer union"?

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  14. Mar 15

    ICYMI: The crucial point, symbolized by the Mosul dam, is that this could all get much, much worse.

    . on the powerful symbolism of the impending collapse of Iraq’s Mosul dam
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  15. Mar 13

    "The foes shall become friends, and the friends foes": Obama's revolution in US foreign policy

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  16. Mar 12

    "A superb history of the modern world ... a tour de force" - William Shawcross on my Kissinger biography:

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  17. Mar 12

    The Mosul dam symbolises the critical state of an entire region. Could AlphaGo please run for president?

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    Mar 9

    Just left chilling briefing on Mosul dam in Iraq; failure could leave Mosul City under 15m of water in only hours.

    10:41 AM - 9 Mar 2016 · Details
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  19. Mar 9

    This is very wrong: . Take a look at what Reagan was saying on the campaign trail in 1980. I did. No comparison.

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  20. Mar 7

    No sooner do I get a working link than spoils everything by opting not to run ...

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