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Former Reagan administration officials talked about negotiating a 1987 nuclear missile treaty with the Soviet Union. The Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), led to the destruction of t…

A panel discussion was held on the critical relationship between the two great superpower leaders, Ronald Reagan of the United States and Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union. The panelists…

On December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the USSR. The following day, the Supreme Soviet recognized the collapse of the Soviet Union and disbanded itself. Fifteen yea…

Jack Matlock, ambassador to the USSR under President Ronald Reagan, discusses his book “Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray - and How to Return to Reality…

Panelists spoke about the life and career of two-time Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson. He had also served as U.N. ambassador and governor of Illinois. Participants, who inclu…

Ambassador Jack Matlock talked about his book Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended, published by Random House. He spoke about his experiences as a diplomat, and how those experience…

Former diplomats and government officials from the U.S. and the former Soviet Union spoke in a forum on the reasons for the end of the Cold War during a symposium on the Cold War at Princeto…

Panelists discussed the state of the world and U.S. foreign policy during a conference at the University of Oklahoma. Former U.S. ambassadors gave their impressions of foreign policy challen…

The American Academy of Diplomacy presented its annual awards to individuals and groups for their commitment to U.S. leadership in the world to advance the cause of peace and freedom. Richar…

In a conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations and the Reagan Presidency, the participants reminisced about the first meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

Jack Matlock, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1987-1991) talked about his recently published book, Autopsy of an Empire, which focuses on the separation of the former Soviet Unio…

In a session from the conference, “Television and Foreign Affairs,” the panel examined television coverage of foreign conflicts from the Vietnam War through the Persian Gulf War, focusing on…

Foreign correspondents and diplomats spoke in a forum on the situation in Russia during a meeting of newspaper editors. The panelists discussed the probable future course of action for Russi…