Question

The foreign policy of the 1970s was ruled by the policy of .

Answer 1

The foreign policy of the 1970s was ruled by the policy of detente.

Answer 2

The foreign policy of the 1970s was ruled by the policy of Detente. Detente, French word for tension, refers to a period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union that began in around 1971 and took decisive form when President Nixon visited the secretary-general of the Soviet Communist Party, Brezhnev.