International Relations

This agreement, negotiated during the War of 1812, established a formal system for the humane treatment and reciprocal exchange of prisoners of war between the United States and Great Britain. Signed initially in Halifax and later revised by authorized agents of both governments, the cartel…

<p><span class="deck"> “Almost every time a serious disarmament effort got under way, it barely managed to move forward an inch or two before a great world cataclysm intervened”</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Vodka at breakfast was only one of the minor problems when Russians entertained Americans</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> President Nixon’s visit to Peking starts one more surprising turn in an American-Chinese “affair” nearly two centuries old</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">Americans have always sympathized with the Eastern European countries in their struggles for democracy, but, for two centuries, we haven’t been able to help much. Do we have a chance now? A distinguished expatriate looks at the odds.</span></p>