PPT Presentation on: Foreign Policy as Geopolitics:
Nixons Triangular Diplomacy
Detente and its Discontents
The End of the Cold War : Reagon and Gorbachov
The New World Order Reconsidered
Soviet Union USA China Relation, triangular diplomacy USSR, China, USA.
Henry Kissinger Secret Trip to China.
The Enemy of My Friend is My Enemy. Times Magazine 1971.
APOLLO-SOYUZ Agreement (1975).
STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATY(SALT I) 1972.
Reagan Doctrine 1985,
Mikhail Gorbachevs Foreign Policy PPT Presentation
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Foreign Policy as Geopolitics Nixons Triangular Diplomacy
1. Diplomatic History
Foreign Policy as Geopolitics:
Nixons Triangular Diplomacy
Detente and its Discontents
The End of the Cold War : Reagon
and Gorbachov
The New World Order Reconsidered
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Foreign Policy as Geopolitics: Nixons Triangular Diplomacy
Detente and its Discontents
The End of the Cold War : Reagon and Gorbachov
The New World Order Reconsidered
7. Henry Kissingers Secret trip to China
Henry Kissinger and Zhou Enlai, 9 July 1971,
during the secret trip
Kissinger and Chinese officials at the Great
Wall, 26 October 1971, during Kissinger's
second trip
9. Nixons visit to China - 1972
I have taken this action
because of my profound
conviction that all nations will
gain from a reduction of
tensions and a better
relationship between the
United States and the People's
Republic of China,
- Nixon
10. President Nixon shaking hands with
Premier Chou Enlai
US president Richard Nixon, and his wife, Patricia,
visit the Great Wall during their trip to China in
February 1972
He was the first sitting US president to
travel to the country
While First Lady Pat Nixon and Chinese
officials stand nearby, February 21, 1972
19. D辿tente
Detente is a French term
The Moscow Summit
marked the beginning of
d辿tente.
meaning relaxation of tension
20. Kissinger's approach to Detente
Realpolitik
Balance of Power
Negotiation and Diplomacy
SALT I Treaty
Pragmatic Engagement
21. STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATY (SALT I) 1972
US and Soviet negotiators meet in Vladivostok To sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Treat (SALT)
22. APOLLO-SOYUZ Agreement (1975)
The first international
crewed space
mission
On July 15, 1975, a NASA Apollo spacecraft carrying three astronauts
launched, and, two days later, it rendezvoused with a Soyuz spacecraft
carrying two cosmonauts. It was the first successful international
venture of its kind.
23. President Richard Nixon and Soviet
Premier Alexei Kosygin sign an
agreement for joint US-Soviet
spaceflights.
Spaceship crew members
26. The End of the Cold War :
Reagon and Gorbachov
27. This was Reagan's
outline for his
foreign policy
Reagan Doctrine,
1985
military support for
"freedom fighters"
around the globe.
28. Gorbachev's foreign policy, "new
thinking",
also contributed to the Cold War's
end.
Was the youngest member upon
assuming the position.
Mikhail Gorbachevs Foreign Policy
He brought with him a fresh approach
to many issues, including nuclear
diplomacy.
And by December 1991, the Soviet
Union ceased to exist.
29. Reagan
rehearsed for his
first meeting with
Gorbachev, which
took place in
Geneva in
November 1985
Reagan and Gorbachev: The Geneva Summit (1985)
30. Reykjavik Summit - 1986
Initially conceived
as an
introductory
meeting between
the two leaders,
the Reykjavik
meeting moved
forwarded at a
dramatic pace.
31. Washington Summit 1987
The third summit meeting
between President
Reagan and Soviet leader
Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail
Gorbachev signed the
Intermediate-Range Nuclear
Forces (INF) Treaty.
32. The image suggests a new thaw in
U.S.-Soviet relations,
which the disarmament agreement of the
INF Treaty made a reality.
Soviet poster (1987)
Promoted the importance of the upcoming meeting.
The text simply reads:
"Soviet-American Summit
"meeting at the highest level"
34. In the 21st century the United States will face a
nationalistic world inhabited by many superpowers
China, Russia, Europe, Japan, and India
The major question is how the United
States can remain true to its values.
Kissingers Thoughts
While also promoting a more
peaceful and prosperous world