george schulz took this advice very seriously. as we can see in 1982 and 1983, he managed to reestablish the kind of dialogue with the soviet union that i have previously described. this is the point where the circle closes, where helmut schmidt and george schulz talk in 1982, and thank you for your attention and i'm looking forward to your questions. thank you so much. [applause] >> all right. thank you. for a very rich and stimulating presentation. i think all sorts of questions and issues come to mind, i'm sure to many of you as well. from your description of president reagan and some of the popular perception has not always had the image of somebody who could handle complex , ambivalent, contradictory policies. how did he synchronize, workout these different aspects of his policy? other scholars too have written about this. you brought this out once again. the role of trade in the east-west relations and in the end of the cold war. the role of back channels and the washington of 2019. the role of back channels with russia. you

george schulz. was that george schulz wrote in his most recent superpowersz said are not in touch with each other's reality. the soviets can't read you. the situation is dangerous. there is no human contact. thrust of their meeting in july, 1982. george schulz took this advice very seriously. and 1983,see in 1982 he managed to reestablish the kind of dialogue with the soviet union that i have previously described. this is the point where the circle closes, where helmut schmidt and george schulz talk in 1982, and thank you for your attention and i'm looking forward to your questions. thank you so much. [applause] >> all right. thank you. rich and stimulating presentation. i think all sorts of questions and issues come to mind, i'm sure to many of you as well. from your description of president reagan and some of the popular perception has not always been -- had the image of somebody who could handle contradictorylent policies, how did he synchronize, workout these different aspects of his policy? oth