30 Years After the 1985 Geneva Summit, How Have US-Russia Relations Changed? What Went Wrong, and How Can Trust Be Restored?

Professor Nick Wheeler, University of Birmingham (UK), is Professor of International Relations andDirector of the The Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security.

The 19 November represents 30 years since the Geneva Summit.

Professor Wheeler is available to discuss:

What are the conditions that created trust between Reagan and Gorbachev at the time of the Geneva Summit in 1985?

What role did personality play in the thawing of the Cold War? Did that trust filter through into their respective governments and bureaucratic structures?

What’s different 30 years later – why has the trust been lost? And how can it be restored?

Look at the midpoint in 2001 when George W Bush met Putin (“I looked the man in the eye…I was able to get a sense of his soul.”). What went wrong?

What lessons can be learned from the 1985 Summit?

The University of Birmingham is hosting "Geneva Summit: 30th Anniversary Conference" with experts from the US, Russia and other territories.

An ISDN line is available on campus.