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

• Published in: Diplomatic history Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 503 - 530
• Main Author: KOCHAVI, NOAM
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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.