The Helsinki Summit 30 July-2 August 1975 and its impact on US-Soviet Relations

After the end of World War II, and as a result of the Potsdam Conference, Europe was divided between East and West and the Cold War broke out. This development had consequences for the countries of Eastern Europe, which eventually fell under the total influence of the Soviet Union. Western Europe is under American influence, especially after the establishment of the military alliances of the two blocs, the Warsaw Pact in 1955 AD, which was the Soviet response to the establishment of the Western military alliance NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which sought to limit the influence of the Eastern bloc ideologically and militarily.Thus, the policy between the two countries would continue in constant competition until the end of the sixties of the twentieth century if the foreign policy of the United States of America turned towards international accord, especially with the policy of Soviet openness towards peace as well, which culminated in the holding of several American-Soviet summits, the last of which was the 1974 Vladivostok Summit, through which it was decided to hold The European Security Conference to discuss all European security issues in Helsinki in 1975.