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...Reagan, meanwhile, headed to NATO headquarters in Brussels, where he met with 13 leaders of the Western alliance to report on his talks with Gorbachev. The West Europeans evinced considerable relief that the summit had gone as well as it did. Caught in the middle, they had grown apprehensive about the deep superpower chill during Reagan's first term. "Now, after Geneva, there is no need for pessimism," proclaimed West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. "I am an optimist...
...Reagan's last stop in a 21-hour day was on Capitol Hill. Still buoyant, he arrived by helicopter from Andrews Air Force Base to a cheering, stomping joint session of Congress. "I can't claim we had a meeting of the minds on such fundamentals as ideology or national purpose, but we understand each other better," Reagan declared. "That's key to peace...
...Reagan and Gorbachev had a shared interest in putting the best face on their meeting. When American and Soviet leaders go to a summit, they are loath to come back with nothing to show after months of mounting expectation. Failure risks disappointing, and perhaps losing, domestic and international constituencies. "The pressure to succeed is enormous," says William Hyland, the editor of Foreign Affairs and, as a former aide to Henry Kissinger, the veteran of numerous summits. "These guys don't want to go into a session like this and then have to explain why it was a mistake." Gorbachev, although...
...leaders have been able to communicate their confidence and essential optimism more infectiously than Ronald Reagan. But his power of positive thinking, while it lifts national morale, has not served to cure every problem. Faith in supply-side growth, for example, has done nothing to slow the runaway federal deficit. By insisting that he can at once proceed with SDI while persuading the Soviets to make deep reductions in strategic weapons, Reagan may be engaging in even more wishful thinking...
...come to a critical juncture in its rivalry with the Soviet Union. With Reagan's firm advocacy of SDI, the U.S. stands poised to embark on the most extravagant military project ever conceived, perhaps the most far-reaching since the Bomb was born in the desert near Los Alamos 40 years ago. It could change forever the nature of the nuclear threat; it could force the Soviets into serious bargaining. It also has the potential, at least for the foreseeable future, to cripple any efforts at arms control...