HIS344Y1 Lecture : Feb 08
Document Summary
Jackson-vanik amendment worked against the long-term interest of the united. As kissinger predicted, it had a tremendous backlash. Kissinger shut russia out from middle east, which humiliated russia. Jan 1975, the russians scrapped their deal with us for their domestic interest. 1973, 35,000 allowed to emigrate from russia. Cut down to 13,000 after the deal was shut down. Carter placed too much emphasis on ideology and moral issues and ethical issues and pretty much gave up kissinger"s politics. He did not have a straight/stable foreign policy, he was also indecisive the. He was caught up between these 2 individuals and never made his decisions in time. Jan 1977, carter declared his commitment to human r ights and support for d tente. But at times, contradictory this came through foreign policy. Holding onto d tente this meant us and russia could build on salt, which had shortcomings. By supporting human rights, this went against the grain of soviet union.
