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US International Relations

492 events in this timeline

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  1. 1985-05-05 May 5, 1985: Reagan Visits Nazi Cemetery
  2. 1985-05-05 May 5, 1985: Officials Admit ‘Reagan Doctrine’ of Backing Anti-Soviet Insurgencies; Others Later Dispute Existence of Thought-Out ‘Doctrine’
  3. 1985-10-06 October 6-11, 1985: US Proposes Broader Interpretation of ABM Treaty
  4. 1985-11-16 Before November 16, 1985: Defense Secretary Attempts to Sabotage Summit between Reagan, Gorbachev
  5. 1985-11-16 November 16-19, 1985: ’Fireside Summit’ between Reagan and Gorbachev Paves Way for Further Negotiations
  6. 1985-12-12 December 12, 1985: North Korea Ratifies Non-Proliferation Treaty
  7. 1986-06-27 June 27, 1986: World Court Orders US to End Interference in Nicaragua and Pay Reparations, but US Ignores It
  8. 1986-10-11 October 11-12, 1986: Reagan, Gorbachev Almost Conclude Agreement to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons; Negotiations Founder on US Missile Defense Program
  9. 1987-06-12 June 12, 1987: Reagan to Gorbachev: ‘Tear Down This Wall!’
  10. 1987-12-07 December 7-8, 1987: Reagan, Gorbachev Sign Arms Reduction Treaty
  11. 1989-02-09 February 9, 1989: Bush Will ‘Vigorously Pursue’ ‘Star Wars’
  12. 1989-04-06 April 6, 1989: Israeli Prime Minister Tells US Neoconservatives that Israel Will Not Return Palestinian Lands
  13. 1989-11-09 November 9, 1989 and After: Berlin Wall Falls, Cold War Comes to Symbolic End
  14. 1989-11-09 After November 9, 1989: Conservatives Rewrite History to Cast Reagan as Victor over Soviet Union in Cold War
  15. 1991-01-29 January 29, 1991: Bush Announces Revamped ‘Star Wars’ Program
  16. 1992-01-31 January 31, 1992: Russia Proposes Joint Global Defense System with US
  17. 1992-02-18 February 18, 1992: ’Wolfowitz Doctrine:’ Proposal Advocates US as World’s Lone Superpower
  18. 1992-03-08 March 8, 1992: Raw US World Dominance Plan Is Leaked to the Media
  19. 1992-05-22 May 22, 1992: Pentagon Advocates More Diplomacy, Less Confrontation, in New Strategy Proposal
  20. 1992-05-22 May 22, 1992: New European Military Force Announced
  21. 1992-11-03 November 3, 1992: Clinton Says US No Longer Supports ‘Star Wars’
  22. 1993-07-13 July 13, 1993: Clinton Rejects ‘Broad’ Interpretation of ABM Treaty
  23. 1993-09-13 September 13, 1993: Clinton, Rabin, Arafat Sign Oslo Accords
  24. 1993-09-13 September 13, 1993: Israeli Law Student Talks of ‘Tak[ing] Down’ Prime Minister over Oslo Accords
  25. 1993-09-21 September 21, 1993: Israeli Hard-Liner Compares Israeli Government Official to Nazi Appeaser
  26. 1994-02-25 February 25, 1994: Right-Wing Israeli Assassin Kills 29 Palestinians in Reaction to Oslo Accords
  27. 1994-07-01 July 1-2, 1994: Right-Wing Israelis Protest Arafat Visit to Gaza
  28. 1994-09-27 September 27, 1994: Republicans Support ‘Star Wars,’ Theater Defense System
  29. 1994-09-28 September 28, 1994: US, Russia Announce Joint Missile Defense Exercises
  30. 1994-10-21 October 21, 1994: US, North Korea Sign Agreed Framework Limiting North Korean Nuclear Capabilities
  31. 1995-01-25 January 25, 1995: Suspected US Missile Strike Alarms Russians
  32. 1995-05-09 May 9-10, 1995: US, Russia Agree to Restrictions on Theater Missile Defense Systems
  33. 1995-05-11 May 11, 1995: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Extended Indefinitely
  34. 1995-06-13 June 13, 1995: France to Resume Nuclear Testing in South Pacific
  35. 1995-10-06 October 6, 1995: Oslo II Agreement Leads to Assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Rabin
  36. 1995-11-04 November 4, 1995: Israeli Prime Minister Rabin Assassinated
  37. 1995-11-04 November 4, 1995 and After: Israelis, Americans Mourn Prime Minister Rabin’s Assassination; Some Call It God’s Work
  38. 1995-11-17 November 17, 1995: US, Russia Agree on TMD Restrictions
  39. 1996-01-27 January 27, 1996: France Concludes Nuclear Test Program
  40. 1996-03-06 March 6, 1996: US Refocuses on Short-Range Missile Defense
  41. 1996-05-29 May 29, 1996: Netanyahu Elected Israel’s Prime Minister; Clinton Administration Dismayed
  42. 1996-06-20 June 20, 1996: India Refuses to Join Other Nations in Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
  43. 1996-06-28 June 28, 1996: UN Completes Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Draft
  44. 1996-07-08 July 8-10, 1996: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Tells Congress US Must Join Israel in ‘Democratizing’ Middle East
  45. 1996-07-08 July 8, 1996: Neoconservative Think Tank Advocates Aggressive Israeli Foreign Policy
  46. 1996-09-10 September 10, 1996: UN Adopts Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; US First to Sign
  47. 1996-12-23 December 23, 1996: NIE Findings that Rogue States Pose No Nuclear Threat Supported by Independent Panel
  48. 1998-01-19 January 19-23, 1998: Israeli PM Meets with US Religious Right Leader Jerry Falwell; Calculated ‘Affront’ to Clinton
  49. 1998-01-22 January 22, 1998: President Clinton’s Pressure on Israel Interrupted by Lewinsky Revelation
  50. 1998-05-11 May 11-13, 1998: India Tests Five Nuclear Devices