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Foreign relations of the United States
United States Department of StateOn the 27th of July 1789, President George Washington signed legislation that created the Department of State. This act established the first federal agency…
Jackson–Vanik amendmentSenator Henry Jackson of Washington drafted the amendment in mid-1972. He introduced it to the 92nd Congress on the 4th of October 1972.
Second Cold WarThe phrase new Cold War first appeared in 1955 when US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles used it to describe rising tensions.
Strategic Defense InitiativeOn the 23rd of March 1983, President Ronald Reagan stood before a national television audience and declared that nuclear weapons must be rendered impotent…
Turkish Straits crisisThe Dardanelles and Bosporus form two sequential gateways between the Black Sea and Mediterranean. These waterways served as a vital trade route for Turkey…