Jul 8, 2022 | Communism, Exhibits, News, Soviet Union
Russia, NATO, war—these topics dominate the modern news headlines. These current global events make the Nixon Library’s new special exhibit timely and relevant as it transports visitors behind the Iron Curtain to the height of the Cold War. On July 4th, the Nixon...
May 23, 2022 | Nixon Today, Soviet Union
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...
Oct 10, 2018 | News, Soviet Union
President Nixon signs the SALT I (First Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev on May 26, 1972 (Richard Nixon Presidential Library). On April 21, 1972, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, and top aides Helmut Sonnenfeldt and...
Sep 10, 2018 | News, Post-Presidential Years, Russia, Soviet Union
President Nixon across Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in March 1991. (Richard Nixon Foundation) In an earlier article, we discussed former President Nixon’s advice to President George H.W. Bush about how to conduct war and diplomacy in the run up to the Gulf War....
Aug 7, 2017 | China, Foreign Policy, News, Russia, Soviet Union
The United States, China and Russia: Relations Between the World’s Great Powers in the Age of Trump July 27, 2017 Richard Nixon Presidential Library Program Synopsis • Program Transcript • Video Key Quotations “China remains enormously dependent on the United States...
