Call For Papers: U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, 1969

Call For Papers: U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, 1969–1976

CALL FOR PAPERS

U.S. Department of State Announces a Conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, 1969–1976

Washington, D.C., October 22–23, 2007

The U.S. Department of State will hold a scholarly conference on October 22–23, 2007, on U.S. Relations with the Soviet Union in the Era of Détente, 1969–1976. The conference will be hosted by the Office of the Historian in the Bureau of Public Affairs, and will take place in the new George C. Marshall Conference Center at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. The conference will feature keynote presentations on U.S.-Russian relations by Department of State principals and comments from former diplomats and senior scholars from both the United States and Russia. The conference will also include scholarly sessions that complement the forthcoming release of Soviet-American Relations: The Détente Years, 1969–1972, a joint documentary publication undertaken by the Office of the Historian of the U.S. Department of State and the Historical-Records Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Program Committee invites proposals for original papers dealing with the geopolitical and strategic implications of détente from 1969 to 1976. We particularly encourage submissions that draw on recently opened archival collections. Possible themes include, but are not limited to:

The development of the concept of “linkage” and its implementation

The U.S.-Soviet dialogue relating to the war in Vietnam

U.S.-Soviet relations and international security, including the Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War and the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

U.S.-Soviet relations and the Middle East, including the 1973 October War

Détente and Europe, including Germany and Berlin, Mutual Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR), and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and the Helsinki Accords

The development of triangular diplomacy among the United States, the Soviet Union, and the People’s Republic of China

U.S.-Soviet relations and the Third World, including southern Africa

Economic, cultural, ecological, and scientific issues in U.S.-Soviet bilateral relations

Détente and U.S. domestic politics, including the critics of détente

The Program Committee may form panels loosely by historical period (1969–1973; 1974–1976) or by theme, and potential contributors may wish to focus their topics accordingly. Paper proposals (abstract and c.v.) should be sent, via e-mail or fax, before June 1, 2007 to:

Dr. Amy Garrett, Program Committee Chair, Office of the Historian e-mail: garrettac@state.gov; fax: 202-663-1289

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