president reagan had many other things to think about n mchale gorbachev had more things to think about because the use of governance was much more extensive than the grasp of government for an american president in the u.s. said was engaged on a massive transformation of his country so with fell to the foreign policy managers this secretary of state and the foreign affairs minister to cope with the consequences generally agreed policy of the american government and the soviet bureau for reasons that the cold war was altogether too dangerous the u.s.s.r. had the additional reason without ending it would be very difficult to hold onto the remaining fragments of the declining soviet economy. they had a very practical reason as well to end the cold war. one oversight was constant by reagan and gorbachev coming to men had the task to make the objectives of the two leaders of the day, operational a practical biddies two men included george shultz and with an extraordinarily dynamic environment where no day was predictable one day before it happened. we all remember the of bewildering rapidit

administration, including what became known as the evil empire speech and his 1987 west berlin mchale gorbachev to tear down this wall. this is an hour 10 minutes. >> good morning. welcome. i'm delighted you chose to join us for the 10th annual ronald reagan similar pose pose yum on this cold winter morning. i serve as dean as here. i would like to introduce one of our senior leaders to greet you at this time and kick off this conference. he's a distinguished scholar and academic, served as dean of arts examine sciences, author and editor of five banks, and currently serves as the executive vice president for academic affairs here at the university. please help me in welcoming to the podium the doctor. [ applause ]. >>> good morning. i want to thank you for the 10th annual ronald reagan symposium. this year's theme, the challenges of fostering global freedom, connects to the university's mission and the distinctives of the robertson school of government. individual liberty, represented democracy and constitutional government. more importantly, this symposium should lead taos think about the gra

administration, including what became known as the evil empire speech and his 1987 west berlin mchale gorbachev to tear down this wall. this is an hour 10 minutes. >> good morning. welcome. i'm delighted you chose to join us for the 10th annual ronald reagan similar pose pose yum on this cold winter morning. i serve as dean as here. i would like to introduce one of our senior leaders to greet you at this time and kick off this conference. he's a distinguished scholar and academic, served as dean of arts examine sciences, author and editor of five banks, and currently serves as the executive vice president for academic affairs here at the university. please help me in welcoming to the podium the doctor. [ applause ]. >>> good morning. i want to thank you for the 10th annual ronald reagan symposium. this year's theme, the challenges of fostering global freedom, connects to the university's mission and the distinctives of the robertson school of government. individual liberty, represented democracy and constitutional government. more importantly, this symposium should lead taos think about the gra

administration, including what became known as the evil empire speech and his 1987 west berlin mchale gorbachev to tear down this wall. this is an hour 10 minutes. >> good morning. welcome. i'm delighted you chose to join us for the 10th annual ronald reagan similar pose pose yum on this cold winter morning. i serve as dean as here. i would like to introduce one of our senior leaders to greet you at this time and kick off this conference. he's a distinguished scholar and academic, served as dean of arts examine sciences, author and editor of five banks, and currently serves as the executive vice president for academic affairs here at the university. please help me in welcoming to the podium the doctor. [ applause ]. >>> good morning. i want to thank you for the 10th annual ronald reagan symposium. this year's theme, the challenges of fostering global freedom, connects to the university's mission and the distinctives of the robertson school of government. individual liberty, represented democracy and constitutional government. more importantly, this symposium should lead taos think about the gra