Nixon Presidential Library Events

Author of "Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service" Award-winning actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise was greeted by a large crowd of supporters and fans for his first appearance at the Nixon Library. The Forrest Gump and CSI star spoke of finding his true calling in the wake of the September 11th attacks -- to support our nation’s defenders, veterans, first responders and their loved ones. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on February 4, 2019.

The Richard Nixon Foundation and the University of California, Irvine co-sponsored a discussion among university academics on President Nixon’s historic and groundbreaking trip to the People’s Republic of China in February 1972. Nearly 100 people attended the brief lectures and panel discussion, which officially kicked off the UCI Lunar New Year Festival. Presenters included Dr. Luke Nichter, Professor of History at Texas A&M University Central Texas and author of The Nixon Tapes (volumes one and two) and Nixon and Europe; Dr. Emily Baum, Director of the UCI Long Institute for US-China Relations; and Dr. Matthew Beckmann, Professor of Political Science at UCI. Filmed at University of California, Irvine on January 28, 2019.

October 14, 2016: A conversation with Dr. Henry Kissinger, Amb. Winston Lord and Fox News National Security Analyst KT McFarland. Introduction by Julia Argyros.

October 19, 2016: Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich returned to the Nixon Library for a special East Room talk, paying homage to Richard Nixon's political career and accomplishments while offering insider analysis regarding the current presidential election.

Nixon biographers evaluate President Nixon’s impact on America and the world. Evan Thomas, Author of "Being Nixon" Irv Gellman, Author of "The President and the Apprentice" Doug Schoen, Author of "The Nixon Effect" Luke Nichter, Author of "The Nixon Tapes" Moderated by Mark Updegrove, Director of the LBJ Library.

November 11, 2016: Former White House Press Secretary, Fox News Star and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Dana Perino returned to the Nixon Library!

Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal Jay Solomon speaks at the Nixon Library.

October 15, 2016: Insight from the creative geniuses who designed the New Nixon Library.

Daniel Krauthammer, the son of one of the most celebrated political thinkers of our time, the late Charles Krauthammer, discusses his New York Times bestselling, "The Point of It All," a powerful collection of his father’s most important works. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on January 22, 2019.

January 9, 2017: The renowned actor known for Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Wonder Years and Win Ben Stein’s Money, was a speechwriter in the Nixon administration. Ben Stein talks his experience knowing and working with RN. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum Situated on nine rolling acres in Yorba Linda, California, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum offers visitors an insider’s glimpse into the events, people and world that shaped, and were shaped by, the 37th President.

February 10, 2017: A forum that covers President Nixon’s post-presidential years from 1974-1980 including his comeback to public life; the Frost-Nixon interviews; the writing of his best-selling memoirs, “RN;” and his valued counsel to his White House successor, Ronald Reagan. Panelists include Col. Jack Brennan, Frank Gannon, Ken Khachigian, and moderator Hugh Hewitt

The legendary author and commentator discussed his bestseller "Nixon's White House Wars: The Battles that Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever." Pat began his political career as an aide to Richard Nixon in 1966, and served throughout the Nixon administration. His firsthand account adds to the history of what Senator Dole called "The Age of Nixon." Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on May 22, 2017.

February 10, 2017: When a new President of the United States is inaugurated, what tools does he use and what strategies does he employ to accomplish his vision and policy goals for the country – and the world? A revealing presentation featuring senior White House national security officials, as well as noted Cold War historians, sheds light on these crucial aspects of leadership and statecraft – and how they continue to impact every American today. White House National Security aides and Cold War scholars discuss President Nixon’s statesmanship, and how he envisioned America’s role as world leader, and its relations with other great powers. Topics include the evolution of RN’s thinking on foreign policy and governing philosophy, and how he ultimately dealt with the global challenges of the time — from the opening of China, and arms control and detente with the Soviet Union, to the end of the Vietnam War and establishing a road map for Middle East peace. Panelists from left to right include Winston Lord, Richard V. Allen, Niall Ferguson, Luke Nichter, and moderate Gregory Daddis.

Author of In the "Shadow of the White House: A Memoir of the Washington and Watergate Years, 1968-1978" An unfiltered view from an insider of the earth-shattering events of the Nixon presidency – a new perspective from the center of power. In this new and compelling memoir, Jo Haldeman – wife of the legendary H.R. Haldeman, President Nixon’s chief of staff – tells her story as “the woman behind the man behind the president.” She offers a never-before-told perspective on the Nixon presidency: dancing at two presidential inaugural balls; playing cards with Henry Kissinger aboard Air Force One; spending weekends at the privacy of Camp David – while raising four children in the shadow of the most powerful office in the land. Never before has the Nixon presidency been recounted so vividly from this perspective.

January 30, 2017: Daily Beast Editor John Avlon came to the Nixon Library to talk the vision of America’s first president, the topic of his new book, Washington’s Farewell: The Founding Father’s Warning to Future Generations.

Dr. Condoleezza Rice discussed her book "Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom" at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on May 20, 2017. In conversation with Rep. Ed Royce. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum Situated on nine rolling acres in Yorba Linda, California, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum offers visitors an insider’s glimpse into the events, people and world that shaped, and were shaped by, the 37th President.

Ohio governor, 2016 presidential candidate and former nine-term congressman, John Kasich talks his new book “Two Paths: Is America Divided or United?” in which he shares his experience on the campaign trail and his hopes for America’s future. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum Situated on nine rolling acres in Yorba Linda, California, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum offers visitors an insider’s glimpse into the events, people and world that shaped, and were shaped by, the 37th President.

Author of "Nixon’s Back Channel to Moscow" Employing newly declassified documents as well as the Nixon tapes, Moss reveals the tremendous impact of the U.S.-Russia back channel that President Nixon established to negotiate with the Soviets. This is the first scholarly study that assesses the central role of confidential diplomacy in shaping America's foreign policy during this critical era. Richard A. Moss is an associate research professor at the United States Naval War College's Center for Naval Warfare Studies. Moss earned his doctorate from the George Washington University, and he specializes in U.S.-Russia relations and the Nixon presidential recordings. Dr. Moss previously served at the U.S. Department of Defense and as an historian with the U.S. Department of State.

A stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping account, "The Operator" ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O’Neill’s awe-inspiring four-hundred-mission career, which included his involvement in attempts to rescue “Lone Survivor” Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips and which culminated in those famous three shots that dispatched the world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on July 26, 2017.

Veterans Day Ceremony at the Nixon Library November 12, 2018 - Remarks by General Stanley A. McChrystal, the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan - Formal Presentation of Colors by the Air Force Blue Eagles Honor Guard - Singing of the National Anthem by the Air Force Blue Eagles Honor Guard

September 17, 2015: In this groundbreaking study Roham Alvandi offers a new account of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's relationship with the United States by examining the partnership he forged with President Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. Based on extensive research in the British and U.S. archives, as well as a wealth of Persian-language diaries, memoirs, and oral histories, this work restores agency to the shah as an autonomous international actor and suggests that Iran evolved from a client to a partner of the United States under the Nixon Doctrine. "Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah" offers a detailed account of the key historical episodes in the Nixon-Kissinger-Pahlavi partnership that shaped the global Cold War far beyond Iran's borders. This work of American diplomatic history, international relations, and Middle Eastern Studies provides critical historic background on Iran's ambitions for primacy in the Persian Gulf, its nuclear program, and what a US-Iran strategic partnership might look like in the future. This program was moderated by Jonathan Movroydis, the Richard Nixon Foundation's Director of Research.

xAugust 23, 2017 Author of "America in the Age of Trump: Opportunities and Oppositions in an Unsettled World" Fox News contributor and influential pollster Doug Schoen offers his unique assessment of the Trump presidency and the opportunities and challenges that face our nation.

Pulitzer Prize winner C.J. Chivers’ unvarnished account of modern combat, told through the eyes of the fighters who have waged America’s longest wars. More than 2.7 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001. C.J. Chivers reported from both wars from their beginnings. “The Fighters” vividly conveys the physical and emotional experience of war as lived by six combatants: a fighter pilot, a corpsman, a scout helicopter pilot, a grunt, an infantry officer, and a Special Forces sergeant. Chivers captures their courage, commitment, sense of purpose, and ultimately their suffering, frustration, and moral confusion as new enemies arise and invasions give way to counterinsurgency duties for which American forces were often not prepared. C.J. Chivers is a correspondent for The New York Times and a writer-at-large for the New York Times Magazine. His magazine story “The Fighter” won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing. In 2009 he was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for coverage from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Chivers served as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps in the Persian Gulf War and on peacekeeping duty during the Los Angeles riots. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on October 25, 2018.

Host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on the Fox News Channel Author of "Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution" Introduced by Christopher Nixon Cox, grandson of President and Mrs. Nixon Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on October 18, 2018.

The four-star Navy admiral—one of the most admired of his generation—and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe takes us on a voyage through the seven seas, recounting remarkable tales of the power of the U.S. Navy in his new book "Sea Power." The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the soundtrack to the American Century. They stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals “Oklahoma!”, “Carousel”, “South Pacific”, “The King and I”, and “The Sound of Music”, whose songs have never lost their popularity or emotional power. Even before they joined forces, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had written dozens of Broadway shows, but together they pioneered a new art form: the serious musical play. Their songs and dance numbers served to advance the drama and reveal character, a sharp break from the past and the template on which all future musicals would be built. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on October 15, 2018

Hendrik Meijer: Author of “Arthur Vandenberg: The Man in the Middle of the American Century” Hendrik Meijer, executive chairman of supermarket chain Meijer, Inc. and a longtime reporter and news editor, reveals how Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg built and nurtured the bipartisan consensus that created the American Century. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on October 8, 2018.

Carl Lavin was a high school senior when Pearl Harbor was attacked. The Canton, Ohio, native enlisted when he turned eighteen, a decision that would take him with the US Army from training across the United States and Britain to combat with the 84th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge. Home Front to Battlefront is the tale of a foot soldier who finds himself thrust into a world where he and his unit grapple with the horrors of combat, the idiocies of bureaucracy, and the oddities of life back home--all in the same day. The book is based on Carl's personal letters, his recollections, and those of the people he served beside, official military history, private papers, and more. Home Front to Battlefront contributes the rich details of one soldier's experience to the broader literature on World War II. Lavin's adventures, in turn disarming and sobering, will appeal to general readers, veterans, educators, and students of the war. As a history, the book offers insight into the wartime career of a Jewish Ohioan in the military, from enlistment to training through overseas deployment. As a biography, it reflects the emotions and the role of the individual in a total war effort that is all too often thought of as a machine war in which human soldiers were merely interchangeable cogs. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on September 18, 2018.

The National Archives and The Richard Nixon Foundation present a Richard Nixon Legacy Forum The Greatest Comeback Richard Nixon and the 1968 Election President Dwight Eisenhower’s Vice President, Richard Nixon, lost the 1960 Presidential election to John Kennedy and then the California Governorship to Edmund “Pat” Brown in 1962. At a dramatic post-election press conference, he announced his complete withdrawal from politics, but he couldn’t stay away. He campaigned tirelessly for the 1964 GOP nominee, Barry Goldwater, as well as for dozens of Republican candidates in the 1966 mid-term elections. His subsequent winning of the Republican nomination in 1968 is the stuff of political legends. Filmed at the William G. McGowan Theater at the National Archives Building in Washington DC on September 21, 2018. PANELISTS: Annelise G. Anderson Dr. Anderson and her husband Martin were domestic issues advisors and researchers in Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign. From 1981 to 1983, Dr. Anderson was Associate Director for Economics and Government with the Office of Management and Budget, where she was responsible for the budgets of the departments of Treasury, Justice, Commerce, Transportation, and HUD, as well as for 40 other agencies. Today, Dr. Anderson is an economist and research fellow emerita at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Patrick J. Buchanan After working at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Mr. Buchanan joined Richard Nixon at his law office in New York City, campaigning with him in 1966 and working as a senior political aide on the 1968 campaign. He served on the White House staff as an advisor and speechwriter for President Nixon throughout his presidency. Mr. Buchanan is also a bestselling author, television commentator, and three-time presidential candidate. Dwight L. Chapin Mr. Chapin served as a field representative in Richard Nixon’s 1962 campaign for California Governor and was personal aide to him during the 1968 presidential campaign. Mr. Chapin served as appointments secretary to President Nixon, and later as deputy assistant, overseeing scheduling, advance, and the White House television office. In 1972, he served as the acting chief of protocol on President Nixon’s historic trip to China. Following his government service, Chapin had a successful career in business. Recently, he oversaw the renovation of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library which re-opened in Fall 2016. Kenneth L. Khachigian Mr. Khachigian spent his last summer of law school working on the 1968 Nixon campaign. After graduation, he joined President Nixon’s White House staff as a speechwriter. He also worked with the former President on his Memoirs while in San Clemente. He has served as a senior advisor, strategist and campaign manager for several gubernatorial, senate and presidential campaigns. In 1981, President Reagan summoned Mr. Khachigian back to the White House as the head of his speechwriting office. Geoffrey C. Shepard (Moderator) Mr. Shepard was a White House Fellow at the Department of Treasury in the Nixon administration. He then joined the Domestic Council at the White House as staff assistant to the President and then as Associate Director for General Government. He has been an attorney in the insurance industry for over three decades, is a noted author, and has helped produced over three dozen Nixon Legacy Forums sponsored by the Nixon Foundation and National Archives.

An intensifying technological arms race across air, sea, land, and space lies at the heart of the growing strategic contest between the United States and China. This rivalry straddles military and economic domains, and influencing it are the respective countries industrial policies, foreign direct investment, research and development programs, and threat assessments. It is taking place against a backdrop of a new age in global communication and the complexities of economic interdependence, as well as the blurring of military and civilian boundaries. What are the regional and global implications of technological defense competition between these two great powers? How can policymakers from both countries ensure its ends are peaceful? Thomas G. Mahnken is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. He is a Senior Research Professor at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at The Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and has served for over 20 years as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, including tours in Iraq and Kosovo. He currently serves as a member of the Congressionally-mandated National Defense Strategy Commission and as a member of the Board of Visitors of Marine Corps University. His previous government career includes service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning from 2006–2009, where he helped craft the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review and 2008 National Defense Strategy. He served on the staff of the 2014 National Defense Panel, 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel, and the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction. He served in the Defense Department’s Office of Net Assessment and as a member of the Gulf War Air Power Survey. In 2009 he was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service and in 2016 the Department of the Navy Superior Civilian Service Medal. Dr. Mahnken is the author of Strategy in Asia: The Past, Present and Future of Regional Security (Stanford University Press, 2014), Competitive Strategies for the 21st Century: Theory, History, and Practice (Stanford University Press, 2012), Technology and the American Way of War Since 1945 (Columbia University Press, 2008), and Uncovering Ways of War: U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918–1941 (Cornell University Press, 2002), among other works. Tai Ming Cheung is an associate professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy and director of the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) at University of California, San Diego. He is a longtime analyst and leading expert on Chinese and East Asian defense and national security affairs, especially related to economic, industrial, technology and innovation issues. Cheung worked as a journalist, and political and business risk consultant in Asia from the mid-1980s to 2002 covering political, economic, and strategic developments in greater China. His book Fortifying China: The Struggle to Build a Modern Defense Economy was published in 2009, followed by Forging China’s Military Might: A New Framework for Assessing Innovation, which he edited. He was previously a correspondent at the Far Eastern Economic Review. As IGCC director, Cheung leads the Institute’s Study of Technology and Innovation, examining the evolving relationship between technology and national security in China. He also manages the institute’s Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue, bringing together senior foreign ministry, defense officials and academics from around the globe. Tai Ming Cheung and Thomas Mahnken are co-editors of a newly released book, The Gathering Pacific Storm: Emerging US-China Strategic Competition in Defense Technological and Industrial Development. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on July 13, 2018.

Robert “Bud” McFarlane, former National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan gives a geopolitical tour d'horizon, as he offered commentary on several challenges to our national security. Mr. McFarlane has a distinguished record of public service including ten years in the White House and State Department serving variously as counselor to the Department of State, national security advisor to President Reagan, and military advisor to Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft. In the Reagan years, he was the architect of U.S. policies which so stressed the Soviet economy as to bring it down, and in the process accelerated the collapse of Marxism in the former Soviet Union and the first reduction of nuclear weapons in history. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, served for 20 years as a Marine officer, was selected as an Olmsted Scholar, holds a Master of Science (License) from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and was selected as a White House Fellow. In recent years, Mr. McFarlane has focused on organizing investment in developing countries, brokering reconciliation between rival Sunni and Shia sects in Iraq, coaching the tribal leaders of Darfur, and leading the United States Energy Security Council, a bipartisan panel of former cabinet officers, senior retired military officers, and senior corporate executives devoted to forging a more coherent national energy policy. Currently he is focused, again with retired four-star military officers and distinguished American diplomats, on the prevention of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on September 24, 2018.

Are the United States and China headed toward a trade war? Do the Trump administration’s actions help or hurt the economy and national security of the United States? Our panel of experts weighs in. Participants included Hal Brands, Frank Lavin and Noel Murray. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on September 17, 2018.

U.S.-China Workshop: Endgame In Pyongyang The U.S., China, & The Geopolitics Of The Korean Peninsula by Richard Nixon Foundation

Bruce Herschensohn delivered the annual Nixon Legacy Lecture in honor of President Nixon's 105th birthday, celebrated at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.

The U.S., China, and the Geopolitics of the South China Sea The South China Sea is among the world’s epicenters of geopolitical competition. 30 percent of all global trade ($5.3 trillion) passes through the waterway each year. China and its East Asian neighbors, including Indonesia, Japan, The Philippines, and Vietnam all have territorial claims, and established maritime defenses. Meanwhile in its pivot to Asia, the United States has been conducting freedom of navigation tours of its vessels in waters claimed by China. How can the U.S and China reduce the risk of conflict, and work on a peaceful and equitable resolution in this pivotal international waterway? Participants: Cortez A. Cooper III is a senior international/defense researcher at the RAND Corporation and a member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School faculty. At RAND he provides assessments of security challenges across political, military, economic, cultural, and informational arenas for a broad range of U.S. government clients. He has served in the U.S. Navy Executive Service as the senior analyst for the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, U.S. Pacific Command. As the senior intelligence analyst and Asia regional specialist in the Pacific Theater, he advised Pacific Command leadership on trends and developments in the Command's area of responsibility. His 20 years of military service included assignments as both an Army Signal Corps Officer and a China Foreign Area Officer. In addition to numerous military decorations, the Secretary of Defense awarded Cooper with the Exceptional Civilian Service Award in 2001. Gregory B. Poling is director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and a fellow with the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He oversees research on U.S. foreign policy in the Asia Pacific, with a particular focus on the maritime domain and the countries of Southeast Asia. His research interests include the South China Sea disputes, democratization in Southeast Asia, and Asian multilateralism. He is the author of "The South China Sea in Focus: Clarifying the Limits of Maritime Dispute" (CSIS, July 2013) and coauthor of multiple works including "Building a More Robust U.S.-Philippines Alliance" (CSIS, August 2015), "A New Era in U.S.-Vietnam Relations: Deepening Ties Two Decades after Normalization" (CSIS, June 2014), and "A U.S.-Indonesia Partnership for 2020: Recommendations for Forging a 21st Century Relationship" (CSIS, September 2013). Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on February 21, 2018.

Oldest surviving Red Tail Pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen, America’s first black military pilots Lt. Col. Friend made a special appearance at the Nixon Library in honor of Black History Month. He discussed his heroic experiences fighting for our country alongside the legendary Tuskegee Airmen during WWII. The program was moderated by Fred Bell, Director of the Palm Springs Air Museum. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on February 13, 2018.

The all-star talk radio personality discussed his new bestseller, "The Rational Bible: Exodus" a thought-provoking analysis of the most influential book in the history of the world. Dennis Prager is a national bestselling author, columnist, and nationally syndicated radio talk show host. A noted thinker who is equally at home in the secular and religious worlds, he taught the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (the Torah) verse by verse from the Hebrew for more than twenty-five years at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. He is the author of many books including The Ten Commandments: Still the Best Moral Code, Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual, and Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph, and is the co-founder of Prager University. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on April 30, 2018.

The U.S.-European relationship remains the closest and most important alliance in the world. Since 1945, successive American presidents each put their own touches on transatlantic relations, but the literature has reached only into the presidency of Lyndon Johnson (1963-9). This first study of transatlantic relations during the era of Richard Nixon shows a complex, turbulent period during which the postwar period came to an end, and the modern era came to be on both sides of the Atlantic in terms of political, economic, and military relations. Moderated by Jonathan Movroydis. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on October 23, 2017.

Author of "Inside the Cold War from Marx to Reagan," an unprecedented new guide to the roots, history, strategies and key official documents of the Cold War. Sven Kraemer brings a unique historical perspective to his understanding of Richard Nixon’s Cold War strategy of “détente.” Educated at Harvard and U.C. Berkeley, he served as a US civil servant in eight administrations with six presidents, including on the National Security Council staff in the White House with Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Reagan and eight National Security Advisors. He also served in the Office Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and GW Bush administrations and in senior staff positions in the U.S. Senate and House. Moderated by Luke A. Nichter, Nixon tapes expert and professor of history at Texas A&M University. Filmed at the Nixon Library on September 7, 2017

Author of, “A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley, Jr.” William F. Buckley Jr. is widely regarded as the most influential American conservative writer, activist, and organizer in the postwar era. In this nuanced biography, Alvin Felzenberg sheds light on little-known aspects of Buckley’s career, including his role as back-channel adviser to policy makers, his intimate friendships and influence with Presidents, his changing views on civil rights, and his break with George W. Bush over the Iraq War. Felzenberg demonstrates how Buckley conveyed his message across multiple platforms and drew upon his vast network of contacts, his personal charm, his extraordinary wit, and his celebrity status to move the center of political gravity in the United States closer to his point of view. Including many rarely seen photographs, this account of one of the most compelling personalities of American politics will appeal to conservatives, liberals, and even the apolitical. Alvin S. Felzenberg served in two presidential administrations and was principal spokesman for the 9/11 Commission. He teaches at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and is the author of The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn’t). He lives in Washington, DC. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on January 30, 2018.

Waking Up to the China Challenge: Are the U.S. and China Destined for War? A discussion on the year in U.S.-China relations featuring one of America’s most perceptive China watchers. In his influential new book, Dr. Allison argues that the United States and China are on a collision course, and the two countries need imaginative leadership and statecraft to avoid future conflict. Dr. Allison is director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Founding dean of the Harvard Kennedy School, Dr. Allison has served as assistant secretary of defense and advised the secretaries of defense under every president from Reagan to Obama. Moderated by Jonathan Movroydis of the Richard Nixon Foundation. November 17, 2017 at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

After being inaugurated as president of the People’s Republic of China five years ago, no single leader in modern Chinese history since Mao Zedong has assumed more power, or sizably projected his personal influence both domestically and internationally. Calling for a national rejuvenation, Xi has pledged to expand the middle class, and make more reforms for increased foreign investment. In foreign policy, Xi’s China has become more assertive. China has deployed its military overseas for the first time since 1950, and made claims to territory in the East and South China Seas. It’s also committed to billions of dollars in foreign aide for developing nations. In October 2017, the Chinese Communist Party abolished five year term limits, paving the way for Xi to rule beyond 2022. What does his leadership mean for the political and economic future of China, and superpower relations with the United States? Participants: Elizabeth Economy is the C. V. Starr senior fellow and director for Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is an acclaimed author and expert on Chinese domestic and foreign policy, writing on topics ranging from China’s environmental challenges to its resource quest. She has published articles in foreign policy and scholarly journals including Foreign Affairs, Harvard Business Review, Foreign Policy, New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. She is the author of “By All Means Necessary: How China’s Resource Quest is Changing the World,” the award wining “The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China’s Future,” and “The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State,” which analyzes the contradictory nature of reform under President Xi Jinping. Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor’s Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. His most recent book, coauthored with Maura Elizabeth Cunningham, is the third edition of “China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know,” published by Oxford. His other books include, as author, “Eight Juxtapositions: China through Imperfect Analogies from Mark Twain to Manchukuo,” and, as editor, “The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China.” An Associate Fellow of the Asia Society, he has served on the Board of Directors of the National Committee on United States-China Relations, is Editor of The Journal of Asian Studies, Advising Editor for Asia for The Los Angeles Review of Books, and a member of Dissent magazine’s Editorial Board. His commentaries and reviews have appeared in many general interest periodicals, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Internazionale, Time, Slate, The American Scholar, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Nation, and The Times Literary Supplement. Jonathan Movroydis (moderator) is director of research at the Richard Nixon Foundation. Filmed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on June 26, 2018.

May 28, 2018: Retired USMC Infantry Major Scott A. Huesing discussed his book "Echo in Ramadi," a personal recollection of his experiences on the front lines in Iraq's most dangerous city

June 6, 2018: Author of "On to Chicago: Rediscovering Robert F. Kennedy and the Lost Campaign of 1968" The 1968 election was—and remains— spellbinding. Nine titans battled for the presidency as our nation's social, moral and cultural fibers were in a crisis. Former congressman James Rogan presents this riveting history of 1968, one of the most divisive years in American history.

July 30, 2018: Sean Spicer takes readers behind the scenes of his turbulent tenure as President Trump's press secretary, shedding new light on the headline-grabbing controversies of the Trump administration's first year. In discussion with Elex Michaelson, co-host of Good Day LA and host of “The Issue Is” on Fox 11 LA.

June 19, 2018: Host of Outnumbered and Outnumbered Overtime on Fox News Channel Author of "9 Rules of Engagement: A Military Brat’s Guide to Life and Success" The Fox News star shares lessons she learned growing up in a military family and pay homage to the military ideals that have shaped her life. Harris Faulkner revered her father, a decorated career officer who served three tours of duty in Vietnam and raised his children with the values and ideals of the U.S. military. Young Harris experienced firsthand how success in life was rooted in the knowledge, integrity, and leadership that came from her military surroundings. Now, she shares the advice, wisdom, and tools that she absorbed through her military upbringing, examining how these ideals have shaped her professional and personal outlook and how everyone can incorporate them into their own lives.

Considered the nation’s expert on the political and social power of presidential wives and families, in this introduction to the series covering Martha Washington to Mamie Eisenhower, Carl Anthony discusses why First Ladies wore what they did, and the political and cultural consequences of those choices.

December 2017: Fox News host and bestselling author, Brian Kilmeade, returned to the Nixon Library to discuss his New York Times bestseller "Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans."

President Nixon achieved enviable legislative successes with a Congress dominated by Democrats. Today, a distinguished panel of Nixon Administration alumni including Tom Korologos, Wallace Johnson, and John Lehman, will discuss how Nixon and his congressional relations staff governed in a combative atmosphere similar to today. Presented by the National Archives in partnership with the Richard Nixon Foundation. Filmed on April 30, 2018 at the National Archives Building in Washington DC.

April 2018: Pilot Who Flew Last Mission of World War II Subject of the book "The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II" From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, the pilots continued to fly. Though Japan had suffered unimaginable devastation, the emperor still refused to surrender. Bestselling author Don Brown (Treason) sits down with Yellin to tell the incredible true story of the final combat mission of World War II. Nine days after Hiroshima, on the morning of August 14th, Yellin and his wingman 1st Lieutenant Phillip Schlamberg took off from Iwo Jima to bomb Tokyo. By the time Yellin returned to Iwo Jima, the war was officially over—but his young friend Schlamberg would never get to hear the news. The Last Fighter Pilot is a harrowing first-person account of war from one of America's last living World War II veterans.

March 2018: In his entertaining and informative style that has captivated generations, beloved New York Times bestselling author, actor, and financial expert Ben Stein sets the record straight about capitalism in the United States.