vered another speech in 1986 at the World Affairs council. In this speech Nixon begins to focus on the ideas of Churchill and how we should begin to ally ourselves with others in an attempt to stop communist aggression. Nixon sets up the Soviet Union as having their contingency of other communists begin to fall away from them. He wonders if China and their newly found nuclear power will fall away from the Russian society. He points out Gorbachev’s need to spark economy, to allow the military to grow. He also points out that the Soviet regime despite talk about free enterprise must take more away from the people. The problem that existed in ’86 is that Gorbachev is not going to get rid of what has become his. Peace lies in the unity of these to super powers and the disarmament of a majority of their weapons. Nixon listed eight principle pillars that he saw to end the ongoing tension between our country and theirs. These pillars in Nixon’s eyes are the objects that must fall for us to achieve peace. In today’s world we look at how history unfolded and see that the Nixon philosophy, carries through and although we have no permanent peace we have one less powerful enemy...
