1. The End of the Cold War: The Expansion of Democracy and Continuing Challenges
Review of China, USSR, and Cold War Foreign Policies
Nixon to Carter Diplomacy/Foreign Policy

2. What causes a country to become weak?
Cold War – USSR/US Space race, Berlin Wall, Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuba, culture in US
What causes a country to become weak?
Why might the Soviet Union collapse/break apart at the end of the Cold War ( )?
Think about technology, diplomacy, censorship, isolationism

3. What causes a country to become weak?
Cold War – USSR/US Space race, Berlin Wall, Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuba, culture in US
What causes a country to become weak?
Why might the Soviet Union collapse/break apart at the end of the Cold War ( )?
Think about technology, diplomacy, censorship, isolationism

4. The End of the Cold War: The Expansion of Democracy and Continuing Challenges
Review of China, USSR, and Cold War Foreign Policies
Nixon to Carter Diplomacy/Foreign Policy

5. What causes a country to become weak?
Cold War – USSR/US Space race, Berlin Wall, Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuba, culture in US
What causes a country to become weak?
Why might the Soviet Union collapse/break apart at the end of the Cold War ( )?
Think about technology, diplomacy, censorship, isolationism

6. USSR Russia. ARMENIA Estonia. AZERBAIJAN Latvia. Kazakhstan Lithuania
USSR Russia ARMENIA Estonia AZERBAIJAN Latvia Kazakhstan Lithuania Uzbekistan Belarus Kyrgyzstan Moldova Turkmenistan Ukraine Tajikistan
GEORGIA Italicized = new Euro countries Underlined = Muslim Asian countries CAPITALIZED = CAUCASUS
Warsaw Pact
Poland E. Germany Czechoslovakia Austria Switzerland Hungary Romania Bulgaria

7. American Policy of detente
REVIEW Nixon (President ) entered office to find: - Anti-communist feelings (that he shared) - Benefit of open relationships for trade, technology advances - Cultural Revolution ( ) – isolationism, few trade and diplomatic opportunities with US - No recognition of Communist China, recognize Chinese Taiwan instead - Strained USSR-China relationship
- Met with Mao to ease diplomatic relations – US dropped 21 year embargo on trade with China – historic visit with Mao in China, opened entry to the United Nations
American Policy of detente
NEW Detente- an ending of unfriendly or hostile relations between countries – cooling tensions Cold War Detente - permanent relaxation in international affairs (mostly between US-China-USSR)
Nixon wanted to: - Use USSR-China tension to benefit the US – TRIANGULAR POLICY Balance of power between the 3 countries - Ease arms race tension with USSR – SALT ACCORD Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty: limit nuclear arms - Open trade with USSR and have a joint space exploration

8. Gerald Ford- worked with communist countries in creating Human Rights organization
Jimmy Carter’s Foreign Policy – Human Rights Basis for Diplomacy President from When US sees a threat to human rights, it will speak up Violations in Czechoslovakia, USSR, Uganda, China Reduce foreign aid to countries who violate human rights Rights to: be free from government violation of the integrity of the person; fulfill vital needs such as food, shelter, and education; civil and political freedoms US use diplomatic tools public statements consultations with allies cooperation with non-gov’t and int’l organizations
“Because we are free, we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clear-cut preference for those societies which share with us an abiding respect for individual human rights.” - Jimmy Carter, Inaugural Address 1/20/77

9. Read pages pay close attention to: détente SALT Presidential diplomacy Afghanistan solidarity Gorbechev glasnost