Insights Abandoned, Flexibility Lost: Kissinger, Soviet Jewish Emigration, and the Demise of Détente

Kochavi analyzes the importance Henry Kissinger's Soviet Jewish emigration policy and its impact on the political climate of the 1970s. The policy weakened detente with the Soviet Union, lessened Kissinger's political clout, and played a role in the evolution of American-Israeli relations.

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Published inDiplomatic history Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 503 - 530
Main Author KOCHAVI, NOAM
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK and Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing, Inc 01.06.2005
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Cold War
Cold wars
Detente
Diplomacy
Diplomatic history
Diplomats
Domestic policy
Emigration
Foreign Policy
Foreign relations
Historical analysis
Humanitarian aid
Immigration policy
International relations-US
Israel
Jewish history
Jewish migration
Jewish people
Jews
Kissinger, Henry
Kissinger, Henry A
Memoranda
Migration policy
Pressure groups
Public officials
Secrecy
Superpowers
Trade agreements
Trade legislation
U.S.A
U.S.S.R
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United States of America
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Israel
United States > US
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics > USSR
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Summary:Kochavi analyzes the importance Henry Kissinger's Soviet Jewish emigration policy and its impact on the political climate of the 1970s. The policy weakened detente with the Soviet Union, lessened Kissinger's political clout, and played a role in the evolution of American-Israeli relations.
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ISSN:0145-2096
1467-7709
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7709.2005.00501.x