Editors' Blog

Kissinger and Shultz on "The Iran Deal" by Thomas Riggins

For our edification The Wall Street Journal on 8 April turned over an entire editorial page to former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Shultz so that we could understand why President Obama's negotiations with Iran over nuclear issues "will reinforce, not resolve, the world's challenges in the region." Let's take...

Niall Ferguson on Kissinger's "World Order" [Part Five & last] by Thomas Riggins

We conclude with Ferguson’s opinions considering Kissinger’s views on what the real lessons are concerning world order that we have learned from the practice of American foreign policy since 1945.

Niall Ferguson on Kissinger's "World Order" [Part Four] by Thomas Riggins

Ferguson now criticizes the ideas expressed by Obama in his New Yorker interview.

Niall Ferguson on Kissinger's World Order [Part Three] by Thomas Riggins

Niall Ferguson on Kissinger's World Order  [Part Three]

Niall Ferguson on Kissinger's World Order [Part Two] by Thomas Riggins

‘Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,

Niall Ferguson on Kissinger's World Order [Part One] by Thomas Riggins

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