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REASONS FOR DETENTE (SOVIET NEEDS (Trade, Concerns about China, Reduce…
REASONS FOR DETENTE
SOVIET NEEDS
Trade
Concerns about China
Reduce arms spending
Rollback of Khrushchev reforms not popular
Credibility issues--Prague Spring
CHINESE NEEDS
Trade
Concerns about USSR
"2 Chinas"
Taiwan
UN Recognition
Negative results of Cultural Revolution
US NEEDS
"Peace with honor" in Vietnam
"Peace with honor" in Vietnam
Economic recovery
Spending on Vietnam
Oil embargo=increase in oil prices
Reduce arms spending
Ending social unrest
1974--Watergate (later in detente process)
Protest movements/government unpopular
EUROPEAN NEEDS
"Ostpolitik"
Willy Brandt/West Germany
East Germany/Soviet Bloc
Downplay role of superpowers