Tom Gjelten

Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia' convicted of genocide, is dead at 84

Tom Gjelten

The "Butcher of Bosnia" is dead — Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb commander convicted of genocide, has died at 84 while serving a life sentence in The Hague.
Henry Kissinger, legendary diplomat and foreign policy scholar, dies at 100

Tom Gjelten

Henry Kissinger, a hawkish and towering figure in foreign policy circles, has died at the age of 100. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Nov. 29, 2023.)
Henry Kissinger, controversial diplomat and foreign policy scholar, dies at 100

Tom Gjelten

Kissinger's guiding foreign policy principle was that strategic national interests take priority over more idealistic aims, like the promotion of human rights and democracy.
Can America's 'Civil Religion' Still Unite The Country?

Tom Gjelten

America's diversity means it is not defined by a single ancestry or faith tradition. Americans may nevertheless unite behind a "civil religion" that incorporates the nation's founding principles.