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Dr. Henry Kissinger Launches the Inaugural Grand Strategy Summit
On Thursday evening, the Richard Nixon Foundation launched the inaugural Grand Strategy Summit in Washington, DC. Former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger opened the Summit via video feed. Transcript of Dr. Kissinger's Remarks...
Foreign Policy Grand Strategist Walter Russell Mead Explores the Nixon Legacy and Israel
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,...
Cold War Close-up: Facing-off in the Olympics
In February 1980 the Americans and Soviets dramatically faced-off in the hockey rink. Remembered as “The Miracle on Ice,'' the American upset of the heavily-favored Soviet team at the 1980 Winter Olympics was deemed the 20th century’s top sports moment by Sports...
Ambassador Nikki Haley Returns to the Nixon Library with Inspiring Message for Future Female Leaders
On October 13, the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of South Carolina took to the Nixon Library’s East Room stage for a wide-ranging conversation of inspiration as part of the Nixon Foundation’s American civics programming. Ambassador Haley...
Cold War Close-Up: Spies, Superheroes, and Satire⸺Popular Culture During the Cold War
The Cold War didn’t just transpire in political speeches and cabinet room meetings⸺ it was felt far beyond the White House and the Kremlin affecting citizens in their everyday lives. Nothing drives this point home more than a look at popular culture during the second...
“Pat and Dick Nixon: Love Letters from World War II” with Heath Lee, presented by the White House Historical Association
“Hollywood movie plots cannot compare to their real love story.” That’s how historian Heath Hardage Lee described the relationship between Richard and Pat Nixon as the featured guest on The White House Historical Association’s History Happy Hour. The virtual program...
Nixon Foundation’s Grand Strategy Summit to Address America’s Geopolitical Challenges
Fifty years after President Nixon’s historic diplomatic trips to China and the Soviet Union, great power competition has returned. To address America’s challenges on the world stage, the Richard Nixon Foundation has announced the inaugural Grand Strategy Summit:...
Monica Crowley Reflects on Her “Greatest Adventure”⸺Working with President Nixon
On Wednesday, October 5, the Nixon Foundation hosted Dr. Monica Crowley as a featured speaker in their educational American civics programming. Dr. Crowley worked closely with President Nixon when he was known as the “Sage of Saddle River,” the New Jersey town where...
Exclusive Tour – Richard Nixon: Whittier to the White House
Take a guided bus tour that traces the roots of President Richard Nixon in his hometown of Whittier, California! The tour explores more than 30 locations that bring to life the people, places and experiences that shaped the man who would become America’s 37th...
First In-Person Nixon Seminar Applies President Nixon’s Model of Visionary and Strategic Thinking to Current Emerging Global Hotspots
The Nixon Foundation hosted its first in-person Nixon Seminar on Conservative Realism and National Security on Tuesday evening. Seminar Co-chairs Secretary Michael Pompeo and Ambassador Robert C. O’Brien joined moderator Mary Kissel and Seminar members Elbridge Colby,...