H7 - Détente & Triangular Policy

Question 1

brinkmanship

Answer 1

direct confrontation

Question 2

realpolitik

Answer 2

Nixon (69-74) and Kissinger
cooperation
improved communication and mutual acknowledgment
taking advantage of Sino-Soviet Split

Question 3

Triangular Policy

Answer 3

reshaped Us position towards PRC and USSR

in touch with Mao’s belief of a peaceful foreign policy based on respect of borders and non-entanglement

Question 4

meetings with Brezhnev

Answer 4

1971

Question 5

Ostpolitik

Answer 5

1969
Willy Brandt
normalization of relations btw FRG and GDR
» Basic Treaty 1972

Question 6

Basic Treaty

Answer 6

1972

ø use of force, respect of terr integrity and existing borders (oder neisse++)

Question 7

Helsinki Agreement

Answer 7

1975

recognize dom of USSR on Easter Europe in return for peace, stability and improved human rights there

Question 8

‘Good Will’ policy

Answer 8

pursued by Ford and Carter

= 74-80

Question 9

MAD theory

Answer 9

Mutual Assured Destruction

balance of terror due to nuclear parity

Question 10

Non Proliferation Treaty

Answer 10

1968

Question 11

SALTs

Answer 11

1972 & 1979
Strategic Arm Limitation Treaty
1st agreements reached to limit nuclear weapons