Reagan–Gorbachev summits

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The Reagan–Gorbachev summits were a series of high-level meetings in the 1980s between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that significantly eased Cold War tensions and advanced nuclear arms control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event
United States–Soviet Union relations event
diplomatic summit series
contributedTo end of the Cold War
countryInvolved Soviet Union
United States
diplomaticApproach arms control negotiations
personal diplomacy
endTime 1988
followedBy George H. W. Bush–Gorbachev summits
hasPart Geneva Summit (1985)
Moscow Summit (1988)
Reykjavik Summit (1986)
Washington Summit (1987)
hasParticipant Mikhail Gorbachev
Ronald Reagan
historicalSignificance milestone in nuclear disarmament
turning point in superpower relations
involvedIssue human rights
regional conflicts
strategic defense
languageUsed English
Russian
location Geneva
Moscow
Reykjavik
linked to: Reykjavík, Iceland

Washington, D.C.
mainTopic Cold War tensions
intermediate-range nuclear forces
nuclear arms control
strategic arms reduction
mediaCoverage global
negotiatedBy Soviet government
United States government
precededBy period of heightened U.S.–Soviet tensions
relatedDoctrine Reagan Doctrine
relatedPolicy glasnost
perestroika
securityContext nuclear deterrence
significantOutcome Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
easing of Cold War tensions
improvement of U.S.–Soviet relations
reduction of nuclear arsenals
startTime 1985
tookPlaceInPeriod 1980s
typeOfNegotiation bilateral negotiation

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Cold War hasSignificantEvent Reagan–Gorbachev summits
Mikhail Gorbachev signed Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
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Reagan–Gorbachev summits hasPart Geneva Summit (1985)
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Reagan–Gorbachev summits hasPart Reykjavik Summit (1986)
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Reagan–Gorbachev summits hasPart Washington Summit (1987)
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Reagan–Gorbachev summits hasPart Moscow Summit (1988)
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George H. W. Bush–Gorbachev summits follows Reagan–Gorbachev summits
Russo–American relations includesEvent Reykjavik Summit
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Malta Summit follows Reykjavik Summit
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Malta Summit follows Moscow Summit (1988)
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