Détente

I. Détente

II. Triangulation

III. Arms Control

IV. Ostpolitik

V. The Helsinki Process

VI. The Challenge to Détente

I. Détente

II. Triangulation

Taiwan Strait

Richard M. Nixon and Mao Zedong

III. Arms Control

Leonid Brezhnev and President Richard M. Nixon

Land Sea Air

U.S.

U.S.S.R.

1,000

1,600

650

740

455

140

IV. Ostpolitik

Charles de Gaulle

Willy Brandt

V. The “Helsinki Process”

The Helsinki Conference

Helsinki Conference, 1975

Basket I

-- non-interference in internal affairs

-- European borders were inviolable

Helsinki Conference, 1975

Basket I

-- non-interference in internal affairs

-- European borders were inviolable

Basket II

-- cooperation on trade, technology

-- increased cultural exchanges

Helsinki Conference, 1975

Basket I

-- non-interference in internal affairs

-- European borders were inviolable

Basket II

-- cooperation on trade, technology

-- increased cultural exchanges

Basket III

-- respect for human rights

-- free exchange of ideas

-- free movement of peoples

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe(CSCE)

VI. The Challenge to Détente

Paul Nitze

Dick Cheney Donald Rumsfeld

Ronald Reagan

George H.W. Bush

Henry “Scoop” Jackson