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Donald Trump gets Architect of Peace Award from Richard Nixon Foundation

October 21, 2025 10:43 pm

The award, which was established in 1995, is given to people who embody Nixon's "lifelong goal of shaping a more peaceful world."

There are lessons from the Nixon era in Trump’s attempts to freeze spending

October 19, 2025 12:47 pm

In the second Trump administration, though, impoundments are back, in one of many signs that Trump is trying to shift power over all facets of American life from Congress to the presidency.

Ex-Foreign Secretary writes: West may praise Henry Kissinger's diplomatic triumphs but not many tears will be shed in India

December 01, 2023 11:50 am

Outwardly a champion of democracy and freedom, Kissinger may have cracked the Chinese regime open but deceit and perfidy marked his engagement with New Delhi

Caste vs Race: Why India’s experience of affirmative action has lasted longer than America’s

July 30, 2023 9:56 pm

Affirmative Action in America and India emerged out of similar circumstances and was introduced without much public opposition. However, in America it has frequently come under attack culminating in the recent Supreme Court verdict that struck down affirmative action plans in universities. In India on the other hand, while reservations have generated public hostility no party has advocated its termination.

Explained: How important are US presidential and vice-presidential debates?

October 19, 2020 12:22 pm

As per the Pew Research Center, presidential and vice-presidential debates have long played a significant role in the way Americans choose their leaders.

Newly declassified White House tapes reveal ex-US president Nixon's hatred towards Indians

September 05, 2020 6:36 pm

Gary Bass, professor at Princeton, wrote in an opinion piece 'The Terrible Cost of Presidential Racism' in The New York Times that the content of the tapes reveal how US policy toward South Asia under Richard Nixon was influenced by his hatred of and sexual repulsion toward Indians.

New tapes show more of Nixon ‘hatred’ for India, Indians

September 05, 2020 7:07 am

US President’s remarks on Indian women, Kissinger's on how Indians ‘suck up’ framed policy in 70s: Gary Bass

Trump becomes third US President to be impeached. Here are the other two

December 19, 2019 2:14 pm

Only three presidents, including Trump, have been successfully impeached in the 243-year history of the United States, and one had a near-miss.

Richard Nixon opposed India in 1972 war, thought its actions would set "bad precedent", classified documents reveal

June 21, 2018 12:27 am

As per the documents, Nixon said the US faced a situation in South Asia in which India, a nation of 600 million people with a democratic government moved against Pakistan, a smaller nation with some 60 million people under a military junta.

Watergate historian Kutler dies; sued to release Nixon tapes in 1996

April 08, 2015 3:18 pm

Watergate scandal had drove President Nixon from office in 1974.

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