Word: nacht
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nacht: The whole Brezhnev posture is probably playing toward concerns of Americans and Europeans that there is a threat of nuclear war. He wants very much to posture his government on the correct side, the peaceful side, and Reagan as the war monger. I think he's done a quite effective job at that...
...Nacht: Reagan's been a big help. I think in some areas they have superiority, such as in the European theater and therefore....If I were in the Soviet leadership I would want a freeze in Europe also....But anyway, that's all on the superiority front, and digressions or changes of path from...
Though numerous other examples of the CSIA's ties to government exist. Nacht and Doty are quick to point out that links between university-based research centers and specific policies are often difficult to identify. They nonetheless remain strong advocates of studying nuclear issues in an academic setting...
About 35 percent of all CSIA research fellows end up in Washington, some on congressional staffs, others in executive branches such as the Department of Defense. The center's associates director, Michael Nacht, points to the example of Steven Flanigan, a former research associate, who left the CSIA to join the staff of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee. That panel debated in 1979 whether the SALT II nuclear arms reduction treaty with the Soviets was sufficiently verifiable, concluding that it was not. The Senate never formally acted on the treaty after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and tensions between Moscow...
Regardless of temporary slow periods, Nacht says, "a tangible case can be made that CSIA personnel have had a fairly significant impact on government." Under President Jimmy Carter, associates of the center played a major role in shaping U.S. policy on matters of international security, energy and arms control...