The Washington Summit of 1987 

Thesis:

     Following several rounds of negotiations and failures to sign a diplomatic treaty, the Cold War tensions were threatening to reach an all-time high. With the world sitting on a razor's edge of mutually assured destruction, President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev met to debate arguably the most pressing topic of the time: nuclear arms control. The three days of debate and diplomacy that followed would become known as the Washington Summit of 1987, which led to the INF Treaty - an agreement that marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

                        A Russian advertizement of the Washington Summit