50th Anniversary of Moscow Summit

50th Anniversary of Moscow Summit

On the heels of a historic visit to China in February, President Nixon made another historic first in May 1972 by becoming the first U.S. President to visit Moscow. This was part of Nixon’s grand strategy of foreign policy centered on Triangular Diplomacy—seizing on...
50 Years of “Panda-monium”

50 Years of “Panda-monium”

This April marks the 50th anniversary of the arrival of a pair of Giant Pandas to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. This followed President and Mrs. Nixon’s historic trip to the People’s Republic of China in February 1972, which set the stage for normalization of...