Detente - The Search for Peace

The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear warfare. In the late 60's and 70's Soviet leaders and American leaders aimed at achieving peace and easing tensions. Russia and America signed two important treaties at the end of the 60's that show the development of the detente relationship.

The 1967 OUTER SPACE TREATY:

• Stopped the Arms Race spreading to outer space and it pledged that no nuclear weapons may be placed in space. 

The 1968 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY:

• Agreed that neither would supply nuclear weapons to other states or help others to develop nuclear weapons. 
• This stopped the superpower from engulfing other areas of the world. 

These treaties were important as they limited the possibility of further conflict between the two nations.