How did nixon ease cold war tensions? he ended the arms race with the soviet union. he the soviets and the chinese to settle their differences. he invited mao tse-tung to visit the united states. he pursued friendly relations with the soviet union and china.

The term “iron curtain” was based on an actual iron curtain that german theaters used to separate the stage from the audience in case of a fire. who or what did the “iron curtain” of the cold war separate? democratic nations from communist nations the soviet union from its allies the united states from europe europe from asia