In 1963,President John F.Kennedy announced to the then‒Soviet Union that the United States would discontinue all atmospheric nuclear tests.The Soviet's positive response to this conciliatory gesture illustrated the potential value of

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GRIT (Graduated and Reciprocated Initiatives in Tension-Reduction) is a strategy for de-escalation of conflicts through small, conciliatory actions which are reciprocated by the opponent, leading towards constructive dialogue and resolution of the conflict. The example given in the question of the United States discontinuing all atmospheric nuclear tests can be seen as an example of GRIT, which ultimately resulted in a reduction of nuclear tensions.