Word: arbatov
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Soviet officials maintain that Gorbachev has made a few statements this year indicating that an INF agreement on its own might not be enough to warrant a summit. "A summit must not be just a ceremonial and pompous meeting," says Georgi Arbatov, the Kremlin's best-known Americanologist. "If we have only an agreement on INF and nothing else, people will not be sure what will happen next in arms control. Therefore perhaps something should be added, perhaps at the summit itself...
...Georgi Arbatov, director of the Soviet Union's U.S.A. and Canada Institute, interviewed from Moscow on "Meet the Press," said arms control "looks more possible, but I'm tremendously cautious...
...spent a total of 13 hours with Gorbachev in meetings that British officials described as respectful and constructive, though often fiercely argumentative. Her defense of nuclear deterrence was so impassioned that Soviet officials seemed at a loss to describe the chasm that separated the two leaders. Said Georgi Arbatov, director of the Soviet Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies: "On nuclear issues, President Reagan is more forward-looking than Thatcher. At least Reagan understands that he, humanity and America can't live forever with nuclear weapons...
...however, a game with most uncertain prospects. Mikhail Gorbachev and his chief Americanologist, Georgi Arbatov, have been talking of Soviet eagerness to negotiate arms reduction. Arbatov, on a December visit to Washington, went so far as to hint about a compromise on SDI that would permit a vigorous research-and-develo pment program, prohibiting only advanced, large-scale testing that could lead to quick deployment. However, such remarks may be intended partly to intensify pressure on Reagan to make a deal -- and intensify criticism if he does not. Gorbachev's refusal to repeat the televised New Year greetings that...
...think all of this...is a bit irrational," said Arbatov, explaining that the United States would not need strategic defenses if it accepted Gorbachev's proposal to eliminate all nuclear weapons...