Kissinger-Nixon's Grand Designs, the Nixon Doctrine, and Transforming of the Cold War
Abstract
Kissinger and Nixon from the realism of the idea, combined with the strength of the United States and the international environment facing the proposed U.S. diplomatic strategy of the "grand vision." Reflect this "grand vision" of the Nixon doctrine emphasized by the ease to re-establish the balance of power in world politics. End of the Vietnam War, the improvement of Sino-US relations, Soviet strategic offensive arms limitation negotiations, development of relations between the U.S. allies, are the focus of the implementation of mitigation strategy. The implementation of the strategy to ease the transition of the Cold War has far-reaching historical influence. Henry Kissinger and President Nixon, from their viewpoints of the realism, brought the Grand Designs in US diplomatic strategy. The Nixon Doctrine which embodied such the Grand Designs sought to reestablish the balance of power with the ways of Détente in world politics. To carry out the strategy of Detence, the Nixon administration took the initiatives such as ending the Vietnam War, opening to China, negotiating SALT-I, and developing the relations among the Atlantic partners. All of these initiatives have had the far-reaching historical influences upon the transformation of the Cold War