USSR and United States sign agreement to prevent nuclear war

The summit marked the first visit by a U.S. president to Moscow and produced agreements on arms control and cooperation. Détente eased bilateral tensions but did not end proxy conflicts or give...

The treaty limited anti-ballistic missile systems to reduce incentives for a destabilizing arms race. Its negotiated limits were a superpower bargain that left other states outside the central...

The agreement capped certain strategic offensive arms while negotiations continued. It was an important arms-control step, but it did not eliminate nuclear competition or the global networks of...

The treaty established relations between the two German states and eased practical contacts after decades of division. The USSR supported the settlement as part of détente, while German families and...

The accords set terms for ending direct U.S. military involvement and recognized the right of the Vietnamese people to self-determination. The USSR had supplied the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, but...

The Chilean armed forces overthrew Allende, whose elected government had pursued socialist reforms. Moscow had provided limited economic support and maintained diplomatic relations; Chileans faced...

The USSR severed relations with the new military government after the coup. The action condemned the regime diplomatically, but did not halt repression; the limits of Soviet support for Chile’s...

Egypt and Syria launched a war to recover territory occupied by Israel in 1967. The USSR resupplied Arab states while the United States supported Israel; regional peoples’ claims and security needs...

The resolution called for a ceasefire and implementation of Resolution 242, leading toward negotiations. The USSR and United States supported it, but Palestinians were not represented as an equal...

The conference convened the USSR and United States with Egypt and Israel after the October War. The limited format left Palestinian representation contested and showed how superpower diplomacy could...