Andrew Nagorski

Andrew Nagorski, a former Newsweek foreign correspondent and editor, is the author, most recently, of Saving Freud: The Rescuers Who Brought Him To Freedom.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks to the news media after U.S. President George W. Bush named him to head a panel that will investigate the September 11 attacks, Nov. 27, 2002, at the White House.

ANGEL OR DEVIL

Henry Kissinger, Architect of U.S. Policy, Dies at 100

The Realpolitik operator re-opened China for Nixon and found détente with the Soviets—and sent incalculable numbers of Americans, Vietnamese, and other human beings to their death.

Andrew Nagorski

Photo illustration of a cowardly and scared Vladimir Putin with hand covering his face

CRUNCH TIME

Spineless Putin Exposed as a Cowardly Tyrant

There’s nothing more dangerous for a strongman than showing signs of weakness. Putin’s cowardice is now clear for all to see.

Andrew Nagorski

OPENNESS

Gorbachev, the Russian Who Sank the Soviets, Dead at 91

The West was euphoric with his dramatic steps to end the Cold War. But at home, his openness unleashed building pressures he couldn’t contain with half-measures toward freedom.

Andrew Nagorski

CREATURE OF HABIT

Sigmund Freud Was a Revolutionary Everywhere but at Home

The father of psychoanalysis transformed how we think about the mind in general and sexuality in particular, but he was a real cigar-and-slippers guy around the house.

Andrew Nagorski