Warsaw Pact
(proper noun)
A pact (long-term alliance treaty) signed on May 14, 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Communist military allies in Europe.
Examples of Warsaw Pact in the following topics:
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Détente and Human Rights
- The Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact sent an offer to the West, urging to hold a summit on "security and cooperation in Europe".
- The SALT II pact of the late 1970s built on the work of the SALT I talks, ensuring further reduction in arms by the Soviets and by the US .
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Isolationism
- In August 1928, 15 nations signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, brainchild of American Secretary of State Frank Kellogg and French Foreign Minister Aristride Briand.
- This pact that was said to have outlawed war and showed the United States commitment to international peace had its semantic flaws.
- For example, it did not hold the United States to the conditions of any existing treaties, it still allowed European nations the right to self-defense, and stated that if one nation broke the pact, it would be up to the other signatories to enforce it.
- The Kellogg-Briand Pact was more of a sign of good intentions on the part of the United States, rather than a legitimate step towards the sustenance of world peace.
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The Cold War and Containment
- The word containment is associated most strongly with the policies of United States President Harry Truman (1945–53), including the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense pact.
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The Goals of Economic Policy
- Examples of rule-based policies are fixed exchange rates, interest rate rules, the stability and growth pact and the Golden Rule.