Oct 8, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Since land was set aside by the United Nations to establish the State of Israel in 1948, a series of regional and ideological conflicts – and, indeed, often violent fighting – has broken out between Israel and the Arab States, collectively known as the Arab-Israeli...
Oct 6, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
The Most Dangerous Man In America, last year’s rather one-sided documentary feature about Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, has gotten hosannahs from all the expected places, as well as an Oscar nomination. Last night the film had its television premiere...
Oct 4, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Winding up his whirlwind trip to Europe of September/October 1970, President Nixon spoke with reporters in Ireland and recounted the many diplomatic achievements: “The purpose of this trip, just as has been the purpose of my other trips abroad,” the President noted,...
Sep 30, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Today, at the State Department in Washington, a two-day conference about the lessons of the Vietnam War concluded. The conference was opened with remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, and featured panel discussions about the war that included a number of eminent...
Sep 30, 2010 | Foreign Policy, News, The New Nixon
The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty – or SALT I – was the first anti-ballistic missile treaty signed between the United States and the Soviet Union, and resulted in groundbreaking, unprecedented levels of agreement between the two ideological foes. For the first...
Sep 29, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Ireland’s RTE Radio One will be broadcasting a documentary this Saturday at 10:05am (PST) to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of President Nixon’s trip to Ireland. Click here to listen to the documentary. The Independent, one of the country’s...
