American_Foreign_Policy

American Foreign Policy America's role in international politics and global governing 1 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY: THE NEXT 25 YEARS Mr. Raymond Price, President of The Economic Club, New York City October 1, 2001 _______________________________________________________ Good evening. I’m delighted to be here, and I was certainly flattered when Noel asked me to deliver this inaugural lecture in the Mary Belknap series – partly because of my admiration for the FPA, but especially because of my respect and affection for my friend Mary Belknap. She has done so much to make this institution what it is today, and she’s such a warm and wonderful human being. Mary, thanks so much for everything. And Bob, thank you for those very kind words. I also appreciate your kind mention of my former boss and mentor, and friend for the last 27 years of his life, President Nixon. I can remember when there were fewer such words..FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION Considering tonight’s announced topic, the next quarter century, that time frame does, for me, have a certain resonance. It was just over a quarter century ago – on August 9, 1974 – that President Nixon became, rather abruptly, a former president. So before I get to the core of what I want to talk about tonight, let me tell you a couple of Nixon stories that may have at least an indirect american, foreign, policy, world, association, been, just, one, about, out, next, it’s, change, again, war, things, public, now, new, make, course, whether, way, time, role, over, long, great, both, become, we’ve, through, politicians, information, ii, human, first, don’t, because, back, years, two, thing, terrorism, people, past, own, nixon, might, kind, culture