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Détente began in 1969 as a core element of the foreign policy of U.S. president Richard Nixon. In an effort to avoid an escalation of conflict with the Eastern Bloc, the Nixon administration promoted greater dialogue with the Soviet government in order to facilitate negotiations over arms control and other bilateral agreements. [5]
The US foreign policy during the presidency of Richard Nixon (1969–1974) focused on reducing the dangers of the Cold War among the Soviet Union and China.President Richard Nixon's policy sought on détente with both nations, which were hostile to the U.S. and to each other in the wake of the Sino-Soviet split.
Nixon's primary focus while in office was on foreign affairs. He focused on détente with the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union, easing Cold War tensions with both countries. As part of this policy, Nixon signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and SALT I, two landmark arms control
President Richard Nixon Shaking Hands with Chairman Mao Tse-tung during Nixon's visit to China. Key outcomes of triangular diplomacy during this period include the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT), the signing of the Shanghai Communiqué and the Camp David Accords. However, the policy of détente was ultimately overhauled as it was ...
Linkage was a foreign policy that was pursued by the United States and championed by Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the 1970s détente, during the Cold War. The policy aimed to persuade the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for concessions in nuclear and economic fields.
Indeed, Nixon’s successful detente with Russia’s Brezhnev was only made possible by his track record of deploying a variety of aggressive tools, across a variety of international theaters, to ...
By the last years of the Nixon administration, it had become clear that it was the Third World that remained the most volatile and dangerous source of world instability. Central to the Nixon-Kissinger policy toward the Third World was the effort to maintain a stable status quo without involving the United States too deeply in local disputes. In ...
Nixon's Trip to China, including the President's recollections documented on White House tapes Archived July 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library; Index of articles on Nixon's foreign policy, including China, from the Richard Nixon Foundation; Webcast: Nixon in China, from the Council on Foreign Relations