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The Legacy of Henry Kissinger

Undeniable impact: Kissinger received the Chesney Gold Medal, RUSI's’s highest award for life-long distinguished contributions in defence and international security, in 2015

Undeniable impact: Kissinger received the Chesney Gold Medal, RUSI's’s highest award for life-long distinguished contributions in defence and international security, in 2015


The passing of the US’s preeminent foreign-policy thinker and practitioner marks the end of an era. Throughout his long and extraordinarily influential career, Henry Kissinger built a legacy that Americans would be wise to heed in this new era of great-power politics and global disarray.

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Richard Haass

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