summit deplomacy Flashcards
(38 cards)
what caused the us to engage in summits
fear of nuclear war and gorbs new thinking
human rights
what caused the ussr to engage in summits
knew nukes didnt mean protection
end ideology war
SDI
political and ecnomic issues
what motivations did gorb and regan have to summit
end arms race
cooperation
agree over germany
reduce military spending
dommectic reasons
what were the 5 key summits
geneva
reykjavik
washington
moscaw
malta
when was the geneva confrence
november 1985
what was the feeling in geneva
an air of festivity
sucsessful
what were the aims for geneva
cut nukes by 50%
provisional agreements on nuke lim
end prolifcration to other contries
ban chemical weapons
what was agreed at geneva
(nuclear) war wouldnt be fought
further meetings in washington and moscow
what did gorb do in geneva
remove ideological split
what did regan want for geneva
a fresh start
what were the limitations for geneva
no concrete agreements
issue of SDI
when was reykjavik
october 1986
what was the aim for reykjavik
get relations back on track-mostly achieved
what was discused in reykjavik
arms agreements- intermediate range nuclear force treaty-signed a yr later
what were the limits of reykjavik
no concrete agreements on arms and human rights
SDI made gorb thing regan was unserious
when was the washington confrence
december 1987
what was the feel of washington
sucsess on all accounts
optermism for military agreements
what key developments were there at washington
INF treaty
key precidents
soviet withdrawal in afghanastan
what was the INF treaty
ended all use of intermediate range balistic and curise missiles
all destroyed by june 1991
by june 1991 how many intermediate range balistic and curise missiles did the us and ussr destroy
us-846
ussr-1846
what key precidents were made at washington
no SDI demands
full class of weapon banned
no br and fr involvment
allowed missiled for defence from china
when did ussr announce and then finish withdrawal from afghanastan
annonced-feb 1988
done by- may 1989
when was the moscow summit
may-june 1988
what was the goal for moscow
agree of START- limiting nukes to 5000 each
