1969 in international relations

thumb|250px|Willy Brandt (left) and [[Willi Stoph in Erfurt 1970, the first encounter of a Federal Chancellor with his East German counterpart, an early step in the de-escalation of the Cold War]] Neue Ostpolitik (German for "new eastern policy"), or Ostpolitik () for short, was the normalization of relations between the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, or West Germany) and Eastern Europe, particularly the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) beginning in 1969. Influenced by Egon Bahr, who proposed "change through rapprochement" in a 1963 speech at the Evangelische Akademie Tutz

foreign policy espoused by U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1969

1969 Arab–Israeli war resolution proposal

phase of the Cold War between 1962–1979

1969 Iranian show of force operation against Iraq

statement by Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir considered to be the most famous example of Israeli denial of a distinct Palestinian identity

Israeli seizure of fast attack craft in France

Disputes in 1969 on natural resources

1969 secret U.S. nuclear alert operation