Oct 28, 2022 | Foreign Policy, Middle East, News, Presidency
On October 26, the Nixon Foundation hosted professor, columnist, and foreign policy grand strategist, Walter Russell Mead to discuss his latest book, The Arc of a Covenant, as part of their continuing American civics educational programming. In The Arc of a Covenant,...
Oct 18, 2022 | Foreign Policy, Middle East, Nixon Today, Presidency
Shah of Iran’s Official State Visit in October 1969 Just two days after President Nixon’s inauguration, January 22, 1969, His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran, wrote a letter of congratulations to the new President. Included in this...
May 31, 2022 | Foreign Policy, Middle East, Nixon Today
Immediately following a historic trip to the Soviet Union, President Nixon visited the Iranian capital of Tehran. The two-day visit featured a full-itinerary including a state dinner hosted by The Imperial Majesties The Shahanshah and Shahbanu, a wreath-laying at Tomb...
May 9, 2022 | Foreign Policy, Middle East, News
Fifty years ago, President and Mrs. Nixon visited Tehran as guests of Their Imperial Majesties The Shahanshah and Shahbanu. The visit was of great strategic importance and immediately followed an historic trip to the Soviet Union. President Nixon used the visit to...
Oct 22, 2018 | Foreign Policy, Middle East, News
President Richard Nixon with George H.W. Bush upon being appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. 12 January 1970 (George H.W. Presidential Library). In an August 8, 1989 memo to President George H.W. Bush, President Nixon urged his successor and one-time...
