Secondly, we felt we owed it to the American public to demonstrate a permanent commitment to a period of what President Nixon called negotiation, a commitment to the desirability of peaceful resolutions of disputes, and to make permanent efforts to bridge the gaps that existed between us and the Soviet Union, between us and China...
— Dr. Henry Kissinger, 2007
How can the foreign policy strategy described in the excerpt best be described?
A.
It is a policy known as détente and it led to an increase in nuclear weapons testing.
B.
It is a policy known as brinkmanship and it led to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
C.
It is a policy known as brinkmanship and it led to a decrease in nuclear weapons testing.
D.
It is a policy known as détente and it led to the signing of the first SALT treaty.