AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY: THE NEXT 25 YEARS

Mr. Raymond Price, President of The Economic Club, New York City

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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

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 t

requires great audiences, the currents of policy move in both

The World Trade Center fanatics sounded the alarm. They

weakening impact his resignation might have on future presidencies.

world who had their own first-hand, top-level global contacts, who.FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION

acceleration of change in today’s world, of course, is technology.

the means to deliver them. But we do know that they are engaged in

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