Mikhail Gorbachev

in addressing problems at home and abroad. But, Gorbachev’s unrealized ambitions made him the “unwanted visionary”. Gorbachev's reforms devastated the Soviet Union and led to the downfall of the communist empire.But, Gorbachev is not completely at fault. By the time Mikhail Gorbachev was appointed Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985 the U.S.S.R. was already on the verge of shattering . Soviet economy was slowly becoming stagnant, with military spending skyrocketing. Reagan's

that there was a period of relaxation between the United States and the USSR; however tensions did start to rise again when Afghanistan was invaded. The election of Mikhail Gorbachev as president of the USSR is another example of thawing out of the Cold War. Gorbachev was regarded as a “young and reformist” leader. In 1988 Gorbachev ordered that troops should with drawl from Afghanistan. Tony Judt stated

In Reagan’s first term he grew the military by increasing weapons and troops exponentially (Ronald Reagan Biography). Reagan had tax cuts across the board to help fuel the economic boom. This plan now known as Reaganomics created over 16 million new jobs in America. Even though it created many jobs it is still debated whether or not it is a good plan that we should use in Government today. Reagan also created the Tax Reform Act of 1986. This act simplified the income tax code by getting rid of

reduction and a conclusion of the Cold War. This warming of relations, however, increased at a gradual rate and encountered significant hurdles as the two nations attempted to limit the potential for thermonuclear war. Ultimately, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev’s “dialogue of the eyes” transitioned from one administration to the next, while also weathering significant domestic pressures as the United Soviet Socialist Republic disintegrated. Doubt and insecurity largely characterized the Cold

In 1987, Reagan delivered a passionate speech in which he challenged Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the USSR, to tear down the Berlin Wall. Why did Reagan demand Gorbachev to tear down the Wall? Reagan wanted to end the soviets versus the west. He wanted to end the cold war. Reagan saw that the west has prospered and flourished after the war while the east was struggling to feed its own people. Tearing down the Berlin wall would be the symbol of the end of the cold war. It would finally reunite

“One primary reason is that the trust created by hard work and mutual effort in ending the Cold War has collapsed and without such a trust the international relations in today’s globalized world are inconceivable”. (Gorbachev) As the last leader of Soviet Union Gorbachev gives us his point of view of what the end of the Cold War supposed to bring, it was just simple as we think a safer world order by building new European Security Institutions but he thinks that instead of this the West – particularly

he recognized the flaws of the Soviet economic system and strengthening further relations between the United States and the Soviet Union was incredibly crucial. In Reagan’s second term of presidency, he facilitated successful negotiations with Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, to implement successful policies in order to accomplish his goal of arms reduction. Ronald Reagan’s significant impact was evident to the world’s largest political figures at the time. Margaret Thatcher, crediting Reagan

the actions of Gorbachev that held lead to the end of the Cold War. During 1940-1991 the Soviet Union was already facing economic problems, in which once Reagan raised the amount of money for the arms race, the Soviet union began to struggle.Not only that but, “The conflict was a geopolitical and ideological struggle, which not only involved armies and resources, but ideas and values”(Gurney pg.1).The Cold

Ronald Reagan California proved divided on state political issues in 1964. The state needed a Republican candidate with an inspirational personality that could humanize conservatism within the state. Ronald Reagan fit the criteria (DeGroot, 1997). Reagan a former actor, and president of the Screen Actors Guild was not a politician by Washington standards. However, Reagan had been on the campaign trail with Barry Goldwater, delivering inspirational speeches at various campaign stops. Reagans

June 12, 1987 the then president of the United States Ronald Reagan delivered his speech known as “Tear Down This Wall”, on his second visit to the berlin at the Brandenburg gate. His speech was addressing for the Soviet Union general Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to destory the wall that divided east from West Germany.