U.s+Foreign+Policy+during+the+1970's

There were a lot of Foreign Policies in the 1970's. Including the economic policy which ncluded tariffs and controls on wages and prices, that would majorly effect Europe. Neoconservatism was Neoconservatism is a political philosophy that emerged in the United States of America, and which supports using American power, including military force, to bring democracy and human rights to other countries. Which was brought forward under ther understanding of President Richard Millhouse Nixon. The term neoconservative was first founded as early as 1921, it was used for criticism for the liberals that "moved to the right".



"The transatlantic conflicts in the 1970's never descended into the bitterness and deep-seated frustrations which could be observed recently," (Klaus Larres). There was an overpopulated crowd that had attended the event. It was one of the several programs hosted by the Klunge Center, which brings distinguised scholars from around the world to the Library for the vaying periods of time to pursue their research in the Library's vast collections. Larres divided the roundtable into two panels. The first consisted of "historical witnesses" who participated in the events of the 1970s. The panelists and their former roles were: Henry Kissinger, national security adviser and secretary of state; James Schlesinger, secretary of defense and energy; Robert McFarlane, assistant to Presidents Nixon and Ford and national security adviser; Robert Ellsworth, ambassador to NATO and deputy secretary of defense; Joseph Sisco, assistant secretary and under secretary of state; Marvin and Bernard Kalb, broadcast journalists and authors; and Walter Isaacson, journalist and Kissinger biographer.



As President, Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, marking a move toward detente in the Cold War. Compared with his predecessors, Ford's policies were less directed towards intervention in Vietnamese affairs. Domestically, Ford presided over the worst economy since the Great Depression, with growing inflation and a recession during his tenure. One of his more controversial decisions was granting a presidential pardon to President Richard nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. During Ford’s incumbency, foreign policy was characterized in procedural terms by the increased role Congress began to play, and by the corresponding curb on the powers of the President. In 1976, Ford narrowly defeated Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination, but ultimately lost the presidential election to Democrat Jimmy Carter.



As president, Carter created two new cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties and the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II). Carter sought to put a stronger emphasis on human rights; he negotiated a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in 1979. His return of the Panama Canal Zone to Panama was seen as a major concession of US influence in Latin America, and Carter came under heavy criticism for it. The final year of his presidential tenure was marked by several major crises, including the 1979 takeover of the American embassy in Iran and holding of hostages by Iranian students, a failed rescue attempt of the hostages, serious fuel shortages, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. By 1980, Carter's disapproval ratings were significantly higher than his approval, and he was challenged by Ted Kennedy for the Democratic Party nomination in the 1980 election. Carter defeated Kennedy for the nomination, but lost the election to Republican Ronald Reagan.