Category: Foreign Policy
Our Disappearing Allies
Ten years ago, the United States had steadfast allies all over the world. In Europe, our solid lineup of friends extended from Norway to Greece and Turkey. It…
Our Allies Got The Message — But Did We? — April 1975
Panama, Vietnam, and the CIA — March 1975
AID TO VIETNAM
Two years ago last month, Americans breathed a sigh of relief at the signing of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam. Yet…
UN-APPROVED EXPROPRIATION
By a vote of 120 to 6, the United Nations General Assembly recently approved something called a “Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States.” It would be…
SCALI UN SPEECH
When U.S. Delegate to the United Nations John A. Scali delivered his remarkable speech lambasting what he called “the tyranny of the majority,” he expressed the views of…
PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCES
It is time we recognize that presidential press conferences are merely television spectaculars that sometimes mislead instead of in form the public. During the last press conference, President…
FOREIGN HANDOUTS
One of the many good effects we can hope for from the recent passage of the new amendments to the Freedom of Information Act is the declassification and…
SIBERIAN SUMMIT
During the recent furor about Cyprus, NEWSWEEK Magazine quoted Henry Kissinger as saying about President Ford: “He doesn’t know what it’s all about.” Those words sounded harsh at…