Nixon
The war in Vietnam was a dismal backdrop for Nixon and his plans for world affairs, and a new international order. Nixon believed that it was of utmost importance to adapt to the new "multipolar" world(international structure, in which China, Japan, and Western Europe became major, independent forces) as apposed to the old "bipolar" world (international structure, in which the United Stats and the Soviet Union were truly the only great powers). Nixon and Kissinger believed in a balance of power, to do so would require a change in assumptions of American foreign policy.More than twenty years had gone by since the fall of Chiang Kai-shek in 1949; the U.S. treated China as if it did not exist. America recognized the forlorn regime-in-exile in Taiwan as the government of mainland China. Nixon and Kissinger wanted to form new bonds with th
The United Nations admitted the communist government of China and expelled the representatives of the Taiwan regime. Hussein ordered them to move to Lebanon. The nations of the Third World could no longer be expected to act as passive, cooperative "client states". In 1970 the CIA sent funds into Chile to establish a government against communist rule. In 1969 the American and Soviet diplomats met in Helsinki, Finland, to begin talking about limiting nuclear weapons. Rapprochement reflected Nixon and Kissinger's belief in the importance of stable relationships among the great powers, but these relationships could not ensure stability for "Third-world" countries which remained volatile and dangerous. The Israelites successfully launched a strike back, the United States then intervened and this placed pressure on Israel to accept a cease-fire rather than taking advantage of the fact that they successfully fought back. The United States could no longer ignore the interests of the Arab nations in its efforts on behalf of Israel. Jordan's ruler, King Hussein, was alarmed by the influx of Palestinians and the activities of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), he feared this would threaten Jordan's important relationship with the United States. The United States could no longer depend on cheap, easy access to raw materials as it had in the past. When Salvador Allende came to power the U. 1969 and 1970 the president described what became known as the Nixon doctrine. These refugees became a source of considerable instability in Jordan, Lebanon, and other surrounding countries. e Chinese communists as a counterbalance to the Soviet Union.
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