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...comrades who want to hold even partial progress on arms control hostage to massive American concessions on SDI. As a result of what happened last week in Geneva--however modest that result may be in substance--those hawkish views are less likely to prevail in either capital. --By Strobe Talbott...
...military might at a level where the U.S.S.R. feels secure, and therefore where much of the rest of the world feels insecure. As the most powerful newcomer to the world stage, Gorbachev had numerous occasions to flash his nice smile, but those iron teeth were always showing. --By Strobe Talbott...
...there they were again, Reagan and Gorbachev, engaged in just that cooperative effort to enforce the military peace while simultaneously pursuing the political competition. --By Strobe Talbott...
...chances that the summiteers will feel compelled to spend their time maneuvering for the moral and ideological high ground rather than negotiating. George Shultz and Eduard Shevardnadze now have just three weeks to work out an agenda that cuts through the rhetoric of both their leaders. --By Strobe Talbott...
...Arms and the Man As we noted in our MILESTONE on foreign-affairs and arms-control specialist Paul Nitze [Nov. 1], he was the consummate Washington insider who made his mark in a number of official positions. As nuclear arms-reduction negotiator, he was covered by TIME correspondent Strobe Talbott, who wrote a profile of Nitze when Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the historic arms accord reducing their countries' arsenals of nuclear weapons...