United States–Soviet Union relations

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Cold War history topic bilateral relations international relations

United States–Soviet Union relations refers to the complex and often adversarial diplomatic, military, and ideological interactions between the two superpowers, especially during the Cold War.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War history topic → bilateral relations → international relations →
allianceContext	Allies of World War II →
characterizedBy	arms race → containment policy → domino theory → ideological competition → iron curtain division of Europe → periodic detente →
country1	United States →
country2	Soviet Union →
diplomaticStatus	adversarial → competitive coexistence → superpower rivalry →
endTime	1991 →
geopoliticalScope	global →
ideologicalConflict	capitalism vs communism → liberal democracy vs one-party state →
involvedIn	arms control negotiations → covert operations → espionage → mutually assured destruction → nuclear deterrence → propaganda campaigns → proxy wars →
keyAgreement	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty → Helsinki Accords → Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty → Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty → Nuclear Test Ban Treaty → Potsdam Conference → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II → Yalta Conference →
notableLeaderUS	Dwight D. Eisenhower → Franklin D. Roosevelt → Harry S. Truman → John F. Kennedy → Richard Nixon → Ronald Reagan →
notableLeaderUSSR	Joseph Stalin → Leonid Brezhnev → Mikhail Gorbachev → Nikita Khrushchev → Vladimir Lenin →
primaryLanguageSide1	English →
primaryLanguageSide2	Russian →
securityContext	NATO vs Warsaw Pact →
significantEvent	Berlin Blockade → Cold War → Cuban Missile Crisis → Detente → Korean War → Nuclear arms race → Second Cold War → Soviet collapse → Soviet–Afghan War → Space Race → Vietnam War → World War II alliance →
significantPeriod	Cold War →
startTime	1917 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Reagan Doctrine ("Soviet–United States relations") → Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis →	mainSubject
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming ("U.S.–Soviet relations") → Years of Upheaval ("U.S.–Soviet relations") →	subject
United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union ("U.S.–Soviet relations") →	associatedWith
U-2 incident of 1960 →	category
Mutual Security Act extensions ("U.S.–Soviet rivalry") →	historicalContext
SALT II ("United States and Soviet Union") →	primaryParties
Allied occupation of Korea ("United States–Soviet rivalry") →	relatedTo
The Decision to Intervene ("Soviet–American Relations, 1917–1920") →	relatedWork
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ("U.S.–Soviet relations") →	significantFor