THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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Ronald Reagan
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Bill Clinton
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Richard Nixon
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Jimmy Carter
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Detailed explanation-1: -End of the Cold War. Reagan relaxed his aggressive rhetoric toward the Soviet Union after Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Soviet Politburo in 1985, and took on a position of negotiating.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Berlin Wall Speech was delivered by United States President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on June 12, 1987. The speech is commonly known by a key line from the middle part: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!".
Detailed explanation-3: -The INF Treaty of December 1987, signed by Reagan and Gorbachev, eliminated all nuclear and conventional missiles, as well as their launchers, with ranges of 500–1, 000 kilometres (310–620 mi) (short-range) and 1, 000–5, 500 kilometres (620–3, 420 mi) (intermediate-range). The treaty did not cover sea-launched missiles.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country’s dissolution in 1991.