Security Council adopts Resolution 338 on the October War

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 agreement committed both governments to reduce the risk of nuclear conflict and consult in crisis. It expressed détente’s security logic but left intact nuclear arsenals and the unequal power of...

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 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...

India carried out an underground nuclear explosion, calling it a peaceful nuclear test. The event challenged the nuclear hierarchy and exposed the limits of the NPT regime; Soviet officials emphasized...

Military officers deposed Emperor Haile Selassie amid popular unrest, peasant demands, labor organizing, and student protest. The USSR was not the author of the revolution; later Soviet alignment with...

The leaders agreed on broad limits for strategic offensive weapons as a basis for further negotiations. The framework advanced détente but remained a bargain between nuclear powers whose decisions...

Portugal and the MPLA, FNLA, and UNITA agreed on a transition to independence. The movements had distinct social bases and competing political visions; the accord soon collapsed as foreign...