Word: relationship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Institute of Eastern Studies: "The Soviets can see the logic of the need for the U.S. to recognize Peking. But what worries them is: How far and how quickly will subsequent relations develop between Washington and Peking?" An analyst at the Rand Corp. points out that the U.S.-Peking relationship "has the potential for the most fundamental realignment of forces since World War II," if it brings Japan into a "triad with an anti-Soviet vector...
...area has cooperation been pursued more determinedly than in the attempt to control nuclear arsenals. While the progress at SALT often reflects other aspects of the Washington-Moscow relationship, as last month's delaying tactics in Geneva demonstrated, there is little doubt that both sides genuinely want an agreement. Brezhnev seems eager for it and apparently sees the signing of SALT II as a fitting capstone to his long career as a Soviet leader...
...Kremlin, the most disappointing aspect of its relationship with the U.S. has probably been trade. While last year's estimated total of $2.7 billion was a record, it barely exceeded the 1976 volume. To a great degree, this lackluster trend has resulted from trade restrictions imposed by Washington. A 1974 statute sponsored by Senator Henry Jackson linked trade policy to the Kremlin's record on allowing its citizens, particularly Jews, to emigrate. The law in effect told the Soviets that if they would behave leniently then they would be eligible for generous credits to pay for American goods, and that...
...Administration, in fact, has largely abandoned the rhetoric that originally characterized its human rights campaign. It gained little for the U.S. while infuriating the Soviets and exacerbating the superpower relationship. To Moscow, Carter's words were evidence that the Administration was anti-Soviet. This apparently dismayed Carter, who seemed to be puzzled that the Kremlin did not believe him when he declared that his human rights drive was also directed at other nations and not just at the Soviet Union...
...Soviet-American relationship has developed since then in a procession of crises and events. Among them...