Oct 6, 2014 | Foreign Policy, Middle East, News, Soviet Union
Forty-one years ago today, the deadliest Arab-Israeli military conflict commenced with a surprise attack, coordinated mainly by Egypt and Syria, on the Israeli occupied territories in Suez and the Golan Heights. The Yom Kippur War would instantly go down in infamy as...
Oct 1, 2014 | Foreign Policy, News
President Nixon receives a warm welcome from Yugoslavian citizens. On September 30, 1970, President Nixon touched down in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, becoming the first U.S. President to visit the Communist nation. On this day in 1970, after two hours of official talks with...
Sep 3, 2014 | Foreign Policy, News, Soviet Union
Richard Nixon at the East-West border of Berlin in 1963, showing his papers to an East German officer for entry into East Berlin. Before President Nixon took office, stalemate defined the condition of East-West negotiations. A slight reprieve in the stalemate...
Aug 20, 2014 | Foreign Policy, News
President Nixon sits down with President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz of Mexico to discuss matters of mutual interest between the neighboring nations. On this day 44 years ago, President Nixon traveled to Puerto Vallarta to begin his first official state visit to Mexico. A year...
Mar 23, 2014 | Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today, Pat Nixon, The Nixons
Former members of the Nixon White House staff discuss First Lady Pat Nixon’s role on the 1972 trip to the People’s Republic of China. By Will Swift, author of PAT AND DICK: The Nixons, an Intimate Portrait of a Marriage. As Michelle Obama makes her...
Mar 18, 2014 | Foreign Policy, News, The New Nixon
A replica of President Nixon’s New Jersey office at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. What did President Nixon read? That is a question often asked by school children participating in school tours at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, and...
