Richard Nixon is remembered as the president who carried out a pivotal shift in the US’ postwar foreign policy. His foreign policy included the Nixon Doctrine, a thaw with China, and a détente with ...

Nixon was cunning and secretive, too often devious and very insecure. Trump is noisy, boastful and publicly vengeful, calling for “transparency” and concealing his insecurity with braggadocio. ...

In his inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson famously summarized the thought of George Washington in what is now known as the Washington Doctrine: “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all ...

During the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon coined the “madman theory” of politics. The idea was to bully the Communist bloc into thinking he might do something crazy, such as using nuclear weapons ...