Geneva Summit, Nov 1985 Reykjavik Summit, Oct 1986 Washington Summit, Dec 1987 Discussed: Discussed: (INF Treaty) For the time in eight The deal discussion Discussed: years, the leaders of the included plans to: Continued to draft an Soviet Union and the United Limit weapons treaty which would States hold a summit Reduce nuclear force eliminate all nuclear weapons conference Restrict USSR missile bases to from the two super powers USA and USSR engaged in USSR and US missile bases to This would be checked to long, personal talks and the US ensure both sides were seemed to develop a sincere Eliminate all nuclear missiles sticking to the agreement and close relationship within 10 years Outcomes: But they produced no Progress towards a test ban The INF agreements, but of nuclear weapons Nuclear Forces) spoke of making the world a Outcomes: This eliminated all nuclear place’ However, tension increased missiles within a 500-5500 km ‘safer Outcomes: again as Reagan and radius They had decided to up Gorbachev failed to reach an It was significant because it arms talks, work towards agreement about reduced the amount of abolishing chemical weapons disarmament nuclear weapons that the and be more active on human The stalled over superpowers possessed rights issues President Reagan's refusal to It went much further than Both superpowers were abandon his Strategic Defence just limiting them, as SALT 1 pleased with what had been Initiative (SDI) had done agreed and planned to meet again soon Task: Highlight the key features of the summit meetings and then answer the question below: How did the three summits impact on relations between the superpowers? Collapse of Détente Détente had intended to ease the relationship between the East and the West. However, despite their best efforts, some key events ended détente. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan 1979 The Revolution of April 1978, was a communist revolution in Afghanistan The Afghan royal family was overthrown and a communist leader, Mohammed Taraki, created a new communist government
Geneva Summit, Nov 1985 Discussed: For the time in eight years, the leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States hold a summit conference USA and USSR engaged in long, personal talks and seemed to develop a sincere and close relationship But they produced no agreements, but spoke of making the world a ‘safer place’ Outcomes: They had decided to up arms talks, work towards abolishing chemical weapons and be more active on human rights issues Both superpowers were pleased with what had been agreed and planned to meet again soon Reykjavik Summit, Oct 1986 Discussed: The deal discussion included plans to: Limit weapons Reduce nuclear force Restrict USSR missile bases to USSR and US missile bases to the US Eliminate all nuclear missiles within 10 years Progress towards a test ban of nuclear weapons Outcomes: However, tension increased again as Reagan and Gorbachev failed to reach an agreement about disarmament The stalled over President Reagan's refusal to abandon his Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) Washington Summit, Dec 1987 (INF Treaty) Discussed: Continued to draft an treaty which would eliminate all nuclear weapons from the two super powers This would be checked to ensure both sides were sticking to the agreement Outcomes: The INF Nuclear Forces) This eliminated all nuclear missiles within a 500-5500 km radius It was significant because it reduced the amount of nuclear weapons that the superpowers possessed It went much further than just limiting them, as SALT 1 had done Task: Highlight the key features of the summit meetings and then answer the question below: How did the three summits impact on relations between the superpowers? Collapse of Détente Détente had intended to ease the relationship between the East and the West. However, despite their best efforts, some key events ended détente. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan 1979 The Revolution of April 1978, was a communist revolution in Afghanistan The Afghan royal family was overthrown and a communist leader, Mohammed Taraki, created a new communist government
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