Nixon Today
Nixon’s Revolutionary Vision for American Governance
Introduction President Nixon, though possessing the instincts and speaking the increasingly conservative language of the mainstream Republican Party all his life (his writings on domestic policy attest to this,) governed within the boundaries set by the New Deal....
RN, MLK, and the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Today marks what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 88th birthday. Presidential historian Irv Gellman details King’s relationship with then Vice President Nixon in his very insightful and revealing book, The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower...
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 Nixon returned Soviet hospitality by inviting General-Secretary Brezhnev to...
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 2000s following a series of international incidents in Yugoslavia, Ukraine, and Crimea....
Alaska Pipeline: Energy Needs and the Environment
With the authorization of the Alaskan Oil Pipeline, Nixon successfully balanced the Nation's energy needs with its newfound environmental consciousness. Despite an atmosphere of negativity surrounding the extraction of crude oil, the United States has greatly expanded...
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 he prepared to depart on an extraordinary trip. President Nixon made history early that year...
President Nixon’s Vision of NATO
Nixon’s first trip abroad as president was a tour of the major European cities. As he traveled through Brussels and London, West Berlin and Paris, President Nixon carefully evaluated the collective concerns faced by Western Europe and the United States, and NATO’s...
Nixon Expands Veterans Benefits
President Nixon signs two landmark bills to expand Veterans benefits on this day in 1972 On October 24, 1972 President Nixon signed into law two bills that significantly expanded Veterans benefits, ensuring that not only those who were returning home from Vietnam were...
Nixon’s Nuclear Energy Vision
Foreign Crisis and Pressure On October 6, 1973, Israel and her Arab neighbors Egypt and Syria went to war for the second time in six years. The United States helped out Israel in the Yom Kippur War, as it became known, and the Nixon Administration’s policy of Shuttle...
Why Nixon Matters: A Model for the Next Great Statesman
Here at Nixon Foundation, we’ve made efforts to examine President Nixon’s policy legacy and discuss its relevance in the America of 2016. We’ve zoomed in on topics as diverse as relations with Iran, North Korea, and Russia, foreign aid and assistance, Native American...