Word: summiteer
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...else Gorbachev might have up his sleeve is running high in both Moscow and Washington. One possibility: Afghanistan, invaded in 1979 by Soviet forces that have been bogged down ever since in a guerrilla war that is highly unpopular in the U.S.S.R. This week, on the eve of the summit, the Soviet-installed regime in Kabul is due to announce a new constitution making Islam the state religion and giving opposition forces a nominal role in the government. Some diplomats think that at the summit Gorbachev may announce withdrawal of some of the 115,000 Soviet troops...
...case, the summit will give Americans a close-up look at the Soviet leader: in addition to meeting with Reagan five times in the Oval Office, he is scheduled to confer with congressional leaders and intellectuals and hold a televised news conference before he and his wife Raisa depart next Thursday. Gorbachev's image in the West as a humane reformer has been somewhat dimmed by the November sacking of one of his chief lieutenants, Moscow Communist Party Boss Boris Yeltsin, after a public disgrace reminiscent of the Stalin era. Since Yeltsin was an enthusiast for perestroika (restructuring...
...next week's summit, even should it produce no immediate results beyond the INF treaty signing, could signal a turn away from the arms race toward a better relationship between the nuclear superpowers. For all their differences, Reagan's and Gorbachev's interests, and those of the countries they lead, happen to coincide for the moment. It is an opportunity that if not seized and built upon, may not soon come again...
...really orchestrating one of the world's most momentous changes? In their first two encounters, Reagan found Gorbachev's eyes questioning but not hostile, his remarks at times sharp but not irrational. In his new book, Perestroika, Gorbachev comes out as a Reagan booster. The Reykjavik summit "marked a turning point in world history," writes Gorbachev. "This ((East-West)) dialogue has now broken free of the confusion of technicalities, of data comparisons and political arithmetic." That is right down Reagan's uncluttered alley...
Next week's summit shapes up as one of the most interesting human encounters in years. It is going to be one "great communicator" against another chelovek s darom obshcheniya. Gorbachev has nudged Reagan aside as the central actor on the world stage. The Soviet impresario is young and just beginning his reign. Reagan is old and phasing out. Gorbachev has also become part of our politics: his 54% approval rating in the U.S. Gallup poll is higher than that of most American officials. In the secret files that are being sent to the President by his experts, Gorbachev...