Oct 24, 2017 | Foreign Policy, Nixon TV
Luke Nichter discussed President Nixon’s vision for NATO and Transatlantic Relations on October 23, 2017. (Richard Nixon Foundation). Luke Nichter is the author of “Richard Nixon and Europe: The Reshaping of the Postwar Atlantic World.” Historian...
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 | Foreign Policy, Nixon Today, Soviet Union
Although the Cold War is almost three decades behind us, relations between the United States and Russia are icy. Initial optimism for a friendly relationship began to ebb in the 2000s following a series of international incidents in Yugoslavia, Ukraine, and Crimea....
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...