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Detente, Beggining of Detente - Coggle Diagram
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Beggining of Detente
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- Danger of nuclear war pushed the USA and USSR into more relaxed relations, a period of time called detente
- The USSR reached nuclear parity with the USA, being able to make negotiations from a position of equality.
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5.Political instability brought to light by the events of 1968 in Europe led to demand for détente. Willy Brandt, the chancellor of West Germany, advocated for better ties through his Ostpolitik, while the Soviet Union wanted defined borders between Eastern and Western Europe and Western recognition of Germany's partition.