The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed on July 1, 1968

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Following World War II, the United States provided Western European nations with security guarantees and reconstruction aid through the Marshall Plan

During the 1980s, the United States government supported democratic political transitions in East Asian nations including South Korea and the Philippines

During the Cold War, the United States provided foreign policy support to right-wing authoritarian regimes in Latin America

Following the conclusion of the Cold War, annual worldwide battlefield fatalities declined to an average of 51,000

Annual worldwide battlefield fatalities averaged approximately 180,000 during the Cold War

During the 1980s, the United States government supported transitions toward electoral democracy in Latin American countries including Brazil, Peru, and Argentina

Finland maintained an official foreign policy of neutrality for 70 years following World War II

Finnish President Alexander Stubb and French President Emmanuel Macron finalized an agreement for Finland to join the French nuclear umbrella

The Parliament of Finland amended national legislation to decriminalize and permit the hosting of nuclear weapons on Finnish territory

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev made major diplomatic concessions to Western governments during the 1980s

The Soviet Union assisted India in establishing domestic manufacturing facilities for MiG-21 fighter aircraft during the 1970s

In 1971, the Soviet Union deployed a naval fleet to the Indian Ocean during the Indo-Pakistani War to counter United States naval movements

Both the United States and the Soviet Union maintained dedicated, well-resourced state bioweapons programs during the 20th century

Reunified Germany opened its communist-era Stasi archives to the public during the 1990s

In 1983, Soviet interceptors shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 after the aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace during a flight from Anchorage to Seoul

Following World War II, the United States established a standing armaments industry utilizing private corporations rather than relying solely on government-run arsenals

Following the Cold War, the United States defense industrial base consolidated into five prime contractors: Lockheed Martin, RTX, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, and Boeing

During the April 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, President John F. Kennedy refused to authorize the deployment of United States air power to support the exile force

In April 1961, approximately 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro's government

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy implemented a naval quarantine of Cuba rather than ordering an immediate military strike or invasion