Professional Documents
Culture Documents
By: Meagan Odette, Felicity Ng, Albert Mokrej, Tim Lu, Jordan Louie
Who
o College students
o Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Why
o Widespread disillusionment
Everyone saw the horrors
o Cost of the war
By 1961, American troops in
Vietnam approached 500,00
$25 billion per year
o Pentagon papers released
Secret Department of Defense study of US political and military involvement in
Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. Released in mid 1971
Video! :D
China
1971
o April
US ping-pong team invited to China
warming relations
o July
Henry Kissinger takes secret trip to China
US recognizes Peoples Republic of China
1972
o Visited by Nixon
International Issues discussed
China
1979
o One China Policy
full diplomatic recognition
1989
o Tiananmen Square
Students hold protests demanding democratic reform and end to corruption
leads to violent end
US suspends military sales to China
2000
o Normalized trade relations
o US-China Relations Act
Russia
Russia
The 1990s
o Further cooperation between space programs
1994 Joint shuttle missions: Spaceship Discovery
1998 International Space Station launch
Components from many countries used, but USA and Russia were major
contributors
o START II 1996
Further reductions on nuclear arsenals
o Russia declares that they are on neutral terms with NATO
NATO-Russia Founding Act
Progress since the cold war, but Russia still does not assist NATO functions
Russia
Russia
Russia
The 2010s
o Under Putin
Edward Snowden Incident
Snowden granted political asylum in Russia
Negotiations with America fall apart
Ukraine Crisis
Russia seized crimea, citing major Russian population
Ukraine Freedom Support Act
o Lack of support for Russian businesses weakens Russian economy
NATO interventions
o Russia responds by making accusations of historic biases by NATO
against Russia
Iran
Iran
1985
o Iran-Contra scandal
US ships weapons to Iran
Profits illegally sent to Nicaragua
1988
o USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air flight
o 290 passengers killed
many were Iranians traveling to Mecca
o President Reagan: understandable accident but deep regret
o Iran accused US of barbaric massacre
vowed to avenge blood of martyrs
Iran
1997
o Mohammad Khatami
reformist
promises to heal relations with US
considered US attempts to westernize democracy as a joke
We will not allow any foreigner to deal with our destiny
reply to GWBs comment on Iranian protests
2002
o US accuses Iran of nuclear warfare program
Sanctions on Iran (oil)
o Axis of Evil
Iran is in axis of evil with North Korea and Iraq
Iran
2005
o Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Ultra-conservative
May have participated in hostage situation (1980)
Defended nuclear program
Blamed sanction on pressure from US
US a bullying power
unfairness of NPT
nearing collapse
Criticizes Obama
Claims Holocaust was myth
Iran
2013
o Hassan Rouhani
diplomat sheikh
wants deal on nuclear program
fix Iran-US relations
o Obama-Rouhani call
first time Iran and US leaders talk to each other in 30 yrs
o Interim Accord
stop advancement of nuclear program
allow international inspectors
2014
o US-Iran plans for Iraq
o ease international economic sanctions
Iran
2015
o Economic
prohibits trade and investments
allow sale of food and medicine
o US encourages Iran to discuss concerns
terrorism
Aid terrorist organizations
Uses hostage situations to solve problems
nuclear program
Iran doesn't support NPT
human rights
o Embassy in Switzerland concerned with US-Iran relations
Panama Canal
Detente
Effects of 9/11
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