Abstract
Richard Nixon’s declaration of an ‘era of negotiations’ upon assuming the duties and responsibilities of the Presidency turned out to be much more than just an empty political prediction. Out of this period emerged an unprecedented series of agreements spanning the entire sphere of US-Soviet and East-West political, strategic, economic, scientific, cultural and social relations. The accomplishments ranged from regulating superpower competition in the arms race to liberalising the flow of information and other contacts between East and West. Unfortunately, the full potential of these written agreements was not realised. Changing domestic political pressures and foreign policy considerations eventually inhibited implementation and restricted further progress. Nonetheless, the process of détente had achieved new heights.
After a period of confrontation, we are entering into an era of negotiations.1
Richard Nixon
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Stevenson, R.W. (1985). The Moscow Détente. In: The Rise and Fall of Détente. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07024-4_6
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