A STRATEGY TO ANSWER THE SOVIETS.

SOVIET Union; UNITED States

This article discusses the best strategy for the U.S. to counter the Soviet Union. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has put to end the era of détente forged in the early 1970s by former President Richard Nixon and it could revive the cold war. The Afghan invasion signals the expected deterioration of U.S.-Soviet Union relations. Among the actions that U.S. is taking to counter Russia are curbs of exports of technology, strengthen political and economic ties with China and seek military based in the Middle East.