Foreign policy expert and contentious diplomat Henry Kissinger passes away at age 100.
Henry Kissinger, who was among the nation's most influential foreign policy analysts for over fifty years, passed away at the age of one hundred.
According to a statement from his consulting company, Kissinger Associates, Inc., he passed away on Wednesday at his Connecticut home. The reason of death remained uncertain.
As Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford's national security advisor and secretary of state, Henry Kissinger was instrumental in creating the framework that allowed for more controlled ties with the Soviet Union, China, and the major Arab countries. In addition, he actively supported heavy bombing campaigns in Southeast Asia and frequently turned a blind eye to governments that were thought to be in line with US interests when it came to violating human rights. These actions were closely linked to some of the most divisive U.S. foreign policy decisions in recent decades Henry Kissinger's Legacy
Henry Kissinger's Legacy
Even though Kissinger never again worked directly for an American president after Ford stepped down, his contributions were significant. His influence on U.S. superpower relations endures today, and to the end of his life, he was a highly sought-after commentator on world events.
Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, described Kissinger as "the leading scholar-practitioner of the post-World War II era." "There were other great secretaries of state and a long list of impressive historians, but no one who combined the two pursuits as Kissinger did."
