Brezhnev initially continued Khruschev's policy of peaceful co-existence and joined with U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] in [[detente]] while continuing active support for armed [[national liberation movement]]s around the world. In 1980 the Soviet [[Politburo]] presided over by Brezhnev initiated the [[Soviet-Afghan War]] in an effort to create a Soviet Socialist Republic of Afghanistan along [[Atheism|atheist]] and [[secular]] models, subservient to the Soviet Union as another satellite-client state. | Brezhnev initially continued Khruschev's policy of peaceful co-existence and joined with U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] in [[detente]] while continuing active support for armed [[national liberation movement]]s around the world. In 1980 the Soviet [[Politburo]] presided over by Brezhnev initiated the [[Soviet-Afghan War]] in an effort to create a Soviet Socialist Republic of Afghanistan along [[Atheism|atheist]] and [[secular]] models, subservient to the Soviet Union as another satellite-client state. |