Word: summiteer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this tough talk at so delicate a moment in Soviet-American relations? Perle, among the most hawkish members of the Administration, denied any effort "to throw cold water on the summit." But some Administration officials clearly thought otherwise. Secretary of State George Shultz went so far as to complain inside the official family about Weinberger's rhetorical offensive. The Defense Secretary showed no sign of backing off. He even postponed an upcoming trip to Asia, an aide explained, so he could "position himself to remain active in the walk-up to Geneva...
Moscow's reaction to the British expulsions was interpreted as a blunt message to the West from Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev two months before his November summit with President Ronald Reagan. "He may want to look like a man you can do business with," said a Western diplomat in Moscow. "But he also doesn't want to look like a weakling." With grudging admiration for the Soviet leader's tactics, a British official declared, "The way the Russians have played tit for tat demonstrates Gorbachev's skill in making the best...
Which Reagan will go to the summit in Geneva this November? Unless he was simply trying to keep a lid on expectations for the meeting, the President last week seemed to drop a strong hint that it would be the ideologue. At his first formal press conference since undergoing surgery for cancer last July, Reagan declared that he would not abandon his cherished Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), better known as Star Wars, in exchange for cuts, however large, in the Soviet nuclear arsenal...
Reagan's remarks were intended by the White House to lower expectations about the forthcoming summit and the third round of nuclear-arms limitation talks, which began last week in Geneva. They were also aimed at sending a signal to the Soviets, who are waging a propaganda campaign to bring world pressure on the U.S. to abandon Star Wars...
...sound negotiating tactic, but it gives the Soviets an edge in the war of words. The rhetoric level will increase this week as both Shevardnadze and Shultz give major speeches to the U.N. General Assembly at the opening of its 40th session. The Soviets continue to build up the summit as a "window of opportunity" for a major breakthrough in arms control that may not arise again "for a very, very long time." The U.S. just as resolutely tries to play down such talk as "wishful thinking." At his press conference, Reagan said the summit should be viewed...