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The former secretary of state reflects on war, peace, and the biggest tests
facing the next president.

Presidential National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger is shown in his office at the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 1970.
John Duricka / AP

JEFFREY GOLDBERG | NOV 10, 2016 | GLOBAL

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On November 13, 2015, President Barack Obama met with Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Secretary of State
James Baker, Obama, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on
the implications of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade pact. (Win McNamee / Getty)

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Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, North Vietnam's chief negotiator (Michel Lipchitz / AP)

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Henry Kissinger tours the summer palace in Peking with Wang Hsiao-i, a leading member of the
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries during Kissinger's second visit to
Peking in Oct. 1971. (AP)

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President Vladimir Putin speaks with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, at the
Kremlin in 2007. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP)

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Henry Kissinger with the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi in 1975 (Dieter Endlicher / AP)

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ABOUT T HE AUT HOR

JEFFREY GOLDBERG is the editor in chief of The Atlantic and a recipient of the National
Magazine Award for Reporting. He is the author of Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and
Terror.

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