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John Laws in the 2SM studio.

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There’s no more familiar voice in Australian broadcasting than John Laws. Now almost 90 and still on the air, he has lost none of his characteristic alpha male belligerence.

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Ever the cowboy: Henry Kissinger tries on a cowboy hat in Texas in 1975.

Henry Kissinger: The cowboy who ‘always acted alone’

He disapproved of the West’s courting of Ukraine. But when Putin did invade, he switched to advocating Ukrainian membership of Nato – for Kyiv, it turns out, has a pretty good army.

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Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger.

Kissinger meets China’s defence minister in surprise Beijing visit

The 100-year-old former secretary of state has been pushing the US to take a more conciliatory approach to China.

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Former secretary of state Henry Kissinger says he thinks military conflict between China and Taiwan is probable.

‘Military conflict is probable’: Kissinger’s warning as Blinken jets to Beijing

There are hopes Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing could set the stage for a meeting between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden later in the year.

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Henry Kissinger in Paris in 2006

On his 100th birthday, Henry Kissinger is worried history will repeat

The German-born diplomat is concerned, saying we are “in a classic pre-World War I situation” and are “on a path to great-power confrontation”. Happy birthday.

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Foreign affairs minister Penny Wong, here boarding a plane to meet her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, says Labor has stabilised relations with the Asian superpower.

Will Penny Wong revive China relations or be ‘played like a trout’?

When Whitlam visited in 1971, four years before I became China correspondent, MacMahon sneered that he’d been taken for a ride. I’m sure Wong’s visit will be different.

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The Chinese government is thinking about new forms of warfare.

‘Disaster just around the corner’: Australia must not misread China’s deadly strategy

Australia and the West are continuing to miss the bigger picture about China’s imperialistic plans. Time is running out.

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Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger.

Kissinger: US and China must realise there can be no victor without destroying humanity

The former US secretary of state said the meeting between Biden and Xi was the first step towards reducing conflict between the two superpowers.

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Kissinger meets Mao

How a secret China trip crippled an Australian prime minister

Fifty years ago, a junior Australian diplomat learned about Henry Kissinger’s covert mission to Beijing. What happened next had real consequences in Canberra.

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