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Following the near-breakthrough of the previous year's Reykjavik Summit, and much to the chagrin of many supporters of both leaders, Reagan and Gorbachev began putting resources into INF Treaty negotiations. [1] This, in addition to various troubles foreign and domestic in both countries led to a tense time preceding the Washington Summit.
However, at this time it was likely used in an attempt to sow discord between the United States and the European allies in the hopes of moderating American policy. [1] Though Gorbachev used a similar phrase in a 1985 statement, calling the Old World "our common house," [2] perhaps the most famous use of the term arose when Gorbachev presented ...
New political thinking (or simply new thinking) [a] was the doctrine put forth by Mikhail Gorbachev as part of his reforms of the Soviet Union.Its major elements were de-ideologization of international politics, abandoning the concept of class struggle, priority of universal human interests over the interests of any class, increasing interdependence of the world, and mutual security based on ...
The US government was also concerned that the Soviet Union was working through local Communist parties like the Socialist Unity Party to influence the Labour Party, anti-nuclear organizations, and the trade union movement as part of a strategy of steering New Zealand's foreign policy away from its traditional ally the United States. [159]
US president Reagan and Gorbachev meeting in Iceland, 1986. In a May 1985 speech given to the Soviet Foreign Ministry—the first time a Soviet leader had directly addressed his country's diplomats—Gorbachev spoke of a "radical restructuring" of foreign policy. [209]
Although initial expectations for The Washington Summit did not foresee any major advancements, [7] Gorbachev's confirmation of the Helsinki principle and diplomatic strategies influenced US-Soviet foreign policy and the structure of the post-Cold War international system.
Gorbachev later said: "We viewed the Geneva meeting realistically, without grand expectations, yet we hoped to lay the foundations for a serious dialogue in the future." [9] Reagan's goal was to convince Gorbachev that America desired peace above all else. [10] Reagan described his hopes for the summit as a "mission for peace".
Gorbachev’s support of US foreign policy regarding the invasion of Kuwait and Saddam Hussein’s aggression was observed as an important step in US-Soviet relations. As an anonymous Kremlin advisor expressed, "There is too much at stake in U.S.-Soviet relations for Gorbachev to risk opposing Bush on this." [12]