Word: summiteer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...soldiers. Although they have tried to put a good face on it in public, conservative Soviet leaders must regard the withdrawal from Afghanistan as the worst setback for the Soviet army since World War II. In the political wars Mikhail Gorbachev is fighting in Moscow these days, a successful summit with Ronald Reagan just might help distract attention from the ignominy of the Afghan defeat...
...once the sherpas have been understating their accomplishment. Those on both sides who have been making the preparations for next week's Moscow summit say no final deal or formal treaty will be signed there. At best, President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev will agree to a framework for further negotiations. Their satisfaction, it is said, will have to come from the knowledge that their fourth meeting marks a significant warming trend in Soviet-American relations, as well as a new record for the number of meetings between the heads of their two nations...
...pact is more than 90% done. Of course, the remaining 10% includes some tricky issues, and it may be there, in those details, that the devil resides. While a fifth Reagan summit with Gorbachev is possible, it may take Michael Dukakis or George Bush to finish the work. But it is impressive work nonetheless. The result would be the first major cut in strategic arsenals since the arms race began 40 years ago. Even more important, the effort could lead to "stabilizing" reductions that could enhance the nuclear peace...
...just before leaving for a visit to Moscow in February, Shultz argued passionately in favor of pressing ahead. Carlucci, now the Secretary of Defense, said he was worried that "we won't play well if we go into a two-minute drill" by negotiating against the deadline of the summit. Shultz replied, "If you talk like that, you'll never get anything. We won't know what we can accomplish until we try. Let's not base policy on a self-fulfilling prophecy...
...late November, Reagan and Gorbachev met in Geneva for their first summit. The President used the occasion to convince Gorbachev that the two had an opportunity to free the world from the "uncivilized doctrine" of mutually assured destruction. "I simply cannot condone the notion," said Reagan, "of keeping the peace by threatening to blow each other away. We must be able to find a better way." SDI, he said, was a better way. After a long pause, Gorbachev replied, calmly, slowly, in his most authoritative baritone. But his vehemence grew as he spoke about his suspicions: "What you call research...