She helped build one of the nation's most renowned public policy programs on US-Soviet relations.

In that case it is a basic mistake to reduce US-Soviet relations to the personalities of individuals.

He was a player in US-Soviet relations at critical times, including the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.

At their joint press conference on July 31 the two leaders agreed that substantial progress had been made in developing closer US-Soviet relations.

As so often before, Europe found it difficult to escape the effects of a deterioration in US-Soviet relations.

Most obvious was the breakdown in US-Soviet relations and the failure of the UN to keep the peace.

But the Soviet Union warned that the invasion had dealt a blow to growing co-operation in US-Soviet relations.

The Soviet Union swiftly condemned the invasion, saying it was a blow to growing warmth in US-Soviet relations.

Bush also spoke of "a new era" in US-Soviet relations and praised Gorbachev's "forthright spirit".

Bush said that the Lithuanian independence crisis was "one of the thorns in the side" of US-Soviet relations.