The Kissinger Report and Africa’s Struggle for Control
From population control to resource extraction, the report’s logic still echoes in contemporary policy In December 1974, the United States National Security Study Memorandum 200 (NSSM 200), widely known as the Kissinger Report, was completed under Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Declassified in 1989, the report framed rapid population growth in the Global South, particularly in Africa,…