Panchasheel – पंचशील तत्त्वे
A publication of Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
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President Nixon and the Soviets
The Soviet leadership, particularly under General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, viewed Richard Nixon as the best US President to deal with during the Cold War because of his pragmatic, realistic approach to foreign policy, which prioritized strategic stability over ideological confrontation, leading to the era of détente (known in Russian as razryadka). Soviet leaders believed they could manage a…