Ronald Reagan

I. The ÒEvil EmpireÓ

A. Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov then Konstantin Chernenko

II.  Arms policies

A.  Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF)

1) Geneva Talks, 1981

2) ÒZero OptionÓ

B.  Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START), 1982

C.  Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 1983

 

US-Soviet Tensions

I.  Polish crackdown on Solidarity, Dec. 1981

II.  KAL Flight 007, Sept. 1983

III.  Grenada, Oct. 1983

 

Mikhail Gorbachev

I.  Margaret ThatcherÕs initiatives

II.  Perestroika and Glasnost

II.  Geneva Summit, Nov. 1985

III.  No More Mr. Nyet

IV.  Personal Relations

A.  Reagan-Gorbachev

B.  George Shultz-Eduard Shevardnadze

V. Reykjav’k Summit, Oct. 1986

VI.  Washington Summit, Dec. 1987

VII.  Afghanistan

A.  US support for Afghan mujahedeen

B.  Soviet losses and withdrawal

1)  April 1988 UN-mediated agreement

2)  January 1989 withdrawal