Carter and the Moral Impulse I. SALT II. Human Rights and the Helsinki Process III. Carter IV. Panama Canal V. Camp David VI. China VII. Iran
I. SALT
Land Sea Air 650 455 U.S. 1,000 U.S.S.R. 140 1,600 740
Paul Nitze
Dick Cheney Don Rumsfeld
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
II. Human Rights and the Helsinki Process
Henry “Scoop” Jackson
Helsinki Conference, 1975 Basket I -- European borders were inviolable -- non-interference in internal affairs Basket II -- cooperation on trade, technology -- increased cultural exchanges Basket III -- respect for human rights -- free exchange of ideas -- free movement of peoples
III. Jimmy Carter
Soviet or Soviet-sponsored direct or indirect aggression, 1975-1979 Angola (through Cuba), 1975-76 Ethiopia, 1977-78 South Yemen, 1978 North Yemen (supported by South), 1979 Afghanistan (local Communist coup), 1978 Cambodia (Vietnamese invasion), 1978 Afghanistan, 1979
Patricia Derian
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski Cyrus Vance
IV. Panama Canal
Panama Canal Treaty, August 1977
V. Camp David
Camp David Talks, September 1978
Camp David Accords, September 18, 1978
VI. China
“Triangulation”
Deng Xiaoping – Jimmy Carter
VII. Iran
Shah Reza Pahlavi
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
January 16, 1979
November 4, 1979
Desert One