The political paths of the US-Soviet Entente in 1969

Abstract

The end of the Second World War contributed to the emergence of two countries on the international scene, namely the United States of America and the Soviet Union, and since that time the relations between them have gone through a lot of interactions and contradictions, but the end of the sixties of the twentieth century witnessed a clear trend towards reconciliation and appeasement in American-Soviet relations, By all accounts, the change that occurred in those relations began to affect the general atmosphere on the international scene, and is considered a break from the traditional framework in which these relations were frozen for a period of time, due to ideological and political divides, international power struggles, and the contradiction of strategies and interests that divided the interests of the two parties and led to the two blocs. To the disappearance of the possibilities of open dialogue between them at one point or another. Perhaps a great deal of flexibility in dealing and communication between the two blocs, despite the barrier of ideologies, is mainly due to the broad changes that included the conditions of those blocs themselves under the influence of the military technological revolution on the one hand, and the growth of the national spirit on the other hand, as well as the growing position of the third world countries in International relations, and the emergence of the importance of efficient, ideal and effective economic tools in the relations of states, instead of the traditional means of       conflict, which were mostly confined to the tools of armed violence.                        

      In light of this, this research came to shed light on the political tracks that directly affected the American-Soviet accord in 1969. It was divided into four main axes. The first dealt with the motives of the American-Soviet accord, while the second dealt with the nature of American-European relations in the alliance. NATO, while the third axis discussed Soviet policy towards Eastern European countries and the last axis examined the impact of the US-Soviet entente on the course of the Cold War.