Post-Cold War Europe: The Loss of Stability and the Emergence of the Extreme Right.

Abstract

In October 1986, after months of personal correspondence, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev met in Reykjavik, Iceland to discuss the reduction of conventional forces in Europe as well as the possibility of a nuclear-free world. Although no concrete guidelines were worked out, a marked change in the attitudes of the two great superpowers was readily apparent. In addition to Gorbachev's continued willingness to make fundamental changes in the Soviet Union, this summit showed that President Reagan was now ready to "deliver a parallel revolution in international relations" (Walker, 1993, p. 295) and abandon the arms build-up mandated by the "Reagan Doctrine."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA295132

Entities

People

  • Eddie R. Howard

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Defense Industry
  • Eastern Europe
  • Economic Systems
  • European Communities
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Trade
  • Military Budgets
  • National Politics
  • Political Ideologies
  • Political Systems
  • Treaties
  • Western Europe

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Strategic Security Studies