Oct 6, 2016 | Foreign Policy, News, Soviet Union
A personally dictated memorandum from President Nixon to Henry Kissinger illustrates the complexities of negotiating with the Soviet Union As President Nixon’s National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger laid much of the groundwork for the policy of détente towards the...
Sep 29, 2016 | Foreign Policy, News, Soviet Union
“Détente” typically arouses thoughts of summits and treaties concerning the vast arsenals of nuclear weapons held by the Cold War superpowers. However, the so-called cooling off period between the United States and the Soviet Union, led by President Nixon, encompassed...
