On July 25, 1969, the Nixon Doctrine was announced, and along with it, the expectation for America’s Asian allies to become responsible for their own military defense. During his campaign, Nixon ...

This week, in 1969, at the apex of the Vietnam War, United States President Richard M. Nixon publicly unveiled what would subsequently become known as the Nixon Doctrine. On July 25, during a press ...

Winston Churchill once remarked that history would treat him well because he intended to write the history. And he did. Churchill’s histories of the first and second world wars — 17 volumes in all — ...

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June 13 will be the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the secret Pentagon Papers, a vast collection of internal U.S. decision-making documents on the Vietnam War. The Papers provoked ...

Under the fairness doctrine, there appears to be a fair reason to do something I thought I would never do: say something good about Nixon. In the 42 years of writing this column, I believe that there ...

In December, President Obama said that he wished to see Iran ultimately become a “very successful regional power.” His wish — a nightmare for Western-oriented Arab states — is becoming a reality.

President Donald Trump has always had his Nixonian characteristics, from a power-hungry (sometimes illegal) mode of operations at home to a desire to rebalance the burdens and benefits of US ...