THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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Iran and Iraq
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Isreal and Egypt
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The Soviet Union and China
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Afghanistan and Iran
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Detailed explanation-1: -Appointments. President Richard Nixon and his top aide Henry Kissinger focused on the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, the Middle East, Pakistan, and major arms limitation agreements.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Moscow Summit of 1972 was a summit meeting between President Richard M. Nixon of the United States and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It was held May 22–30, 1972.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nixon and Kissinger sought to improve relations between the United States and its two communist opponents: the Soviet Union and China. While Americans viewed all communist nations as a united enemy, the relationship between the Soviet Union and China showed signs of strain by the early 1970s.
Detailed explanation-4: -Basically, Nixon played China and the Soviet Union off of each other. By improving relations with China, Nixon felt he could drive a wedge in between China and the Soviet Union (the two most powerful communist nations in the world) and therefore improve the United States’s relationship with both of them.