Europe
Why Trump probably can’t pull off a ‘reverse Nixon’
Insiders hint that the White House has some ambitious plan to drive a wedge between Moscow and Beijing.
April 08, 2025
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Washington Politics
Kissinger, one hagiography at a time
In his boyhood home in Germany, love for the late diplomatic giant is in the eye of the beholder
July 12, 2024
Latin America
When the US helped kill democracy in Chile
50 years after a coup swept Augusto Pinochet into power, Washington’s role in the attack has come into focus.
September 11, 2023
Asia-Pacific
Sino-US engagement was never 'normal,' but it wasn't a failure either
Nixon's detente with Beijing 50 years ago, despite lurches between optimism and hostility over the decades, is not unredeemable.
February 22, 2022
Asia-Pacific
Chas Freeman on Nixon, China, and 'the week that changed the world'
Video: The young foreign service officer was the interpreter for the president on that trip 50 years ago, and had a front row seat to history.
February 17, 2022
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