Jan 12, 2017 | Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today, Soviet Union
President Nixon practiced a patient, yet powerful, form of diplomacy which aided him in his endeavor to create a lasting structure of peace While attending the 1972 Moscow Summit, President Nixon returned Soviet hospitality by inviting General-Secretary Brezhnev to...
Jan 5, 2017 | News, Space
Endowed with the stunning success of the Apollo program, yet faced with the exorbitant costs of NASA, President Nixon considered a space policy shift in the second year of his presidency. On March 7, 1970, President Nixon made public his intention to redirect...
Dec 22, 2016 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today
With the authorization of the Alaskan Oil Pipeline, Nixon successfully balanced the Nation’s energy needs with its newfound environmental consciousness. Despite an atmosphere of negativity surrounding the extraction of crude oil, the United States has greatly...
Dec 7, 2016 | News, Nixon TV
Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal Jay Solomon speaks at the Nixon Library. One of America’s top national security journalists explores the decades-long power struggle between Iran and The United States that led to the highly-debated...
Dec 6, 2016 | Foreign Policy, News, Soviet Union
President Nixon spoke directly to the Soviet and American people in a live television address from Moscow In all the bilateral negotiations, backchannel consultations, and breakthrough agreements that occurred before and during the first Moscow summit, it is easy to...
Nov 30, 2016 | Foreign Policy, News, Soviet Union
When President Nixon arrived in Moscow on May 22, 1972, the prospective results of his trip were all but predictable. Although the existence of the US-Soviet summit proved that both governments were prepared to open a new dialogue, most remained skeptic about the...
