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Presidency of Jimmy Carter

  • Cold WarOn the 5th of March 1946, former British prime minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech in Fulton, Missouri, that would define the opening chapter of…
  • Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic RelationsPresident Jimmy Carter stood before the press on the 15th of December 1978 to deliver a historic statement. He declared that official diplomatic relations…
  • 1980 United States presidential electionThe United States entered the 1980 election cycle with a nation grappling with stagflation, a toxic mix of high inflation and stagnant economic growth.
  • Strategic Arms Limitation TalksThe Strategic Arms Limitation Talks began in Helsinki on the 17th of November 1969. Gerard C. Smith led the American delegation as director of the Arms…
  • 1980 Summer Olympics boycottThe Western governments first considered boycotting the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, discussing it at a the 20th of…
  • Cold War (1979–1985)The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, shattering a decade of cooperation between Washington and Moscow.