,Gorbachev's Reversal on Strategic Defense: An Opportunity for Bush

Gorbachev's Reversal on Strategic Defense: An Opportunity for Bush


 

Publication Date: October 1991

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Jay P. Kosminsky; Baker Spring

Research Area: International relations; Military and defense

Keywords: Russia and Eurasia

Type: Brief

Coverage: Soviet Union

Abstract:

Gorbachev made an astonishing proposal: "We are prepared to consider proposals from the United States of America on non-nuclear anti-missile defense systems." This reverses nearly a decade of instense Soviet opposition to SDI and paves the way for the fulfillment of Reagan's vision of cooperative U.S.-Soviet defense deployments.