Video: Nixon and Diplomatic Back Channels
Naval War College Professor Richard Moss holds up a hard drive which contains all available 2,600 plus hours of audio from the Nixon White House taping system. Richard Moss is […]
Podcast: The Fall of the Soviet Union and the Rise of Putin’s Russia with Peter Conradi
Peter Conradi is the foreign editor of the Sunday Times and author of “Who Lost Russia: How the World Entered a New Cold War” [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/328488491?secret_token=s-AfqSn” params=”color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” […]
Summitry and President Nixon’s Legacy
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 […]
How Would Nixon Handle Russia in the 21st Century?
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 […]
Moscow 1972: Address to the Soviet People
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 […]
Moscow 1972: Nixon Negotiates
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 […]
Moscow 1972: Eve of the Summit
Nixon becomes first U.S. President to visit Moscow On a rainy day in May of 1972, President Nixon addressed a crowd buzzing with anticipation at Andrew’s Air Force Base as […]
Ostpolitik and Détente
The Four Power Agreement fused the objectives of Ostpolitik and Détente, setting Germany on the path to reunification Nowhere was the division between the East and the West more noticeable […]
All Roads Lead to Moscow
A personally dictated memorandum from President Nixon to Henry Kissinger illustrates the complexities of negotiating with the Soviet Union As President Nixon’s National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger laid much of […]
Expanding Détente Into International Economics
“Détente” typically arouses thoughts of summits and treaties concerning the vast arsenals of nuclear weapons held by the Cold War superpowers. However, the so-called cooling off period between the United […]
