The Reagan Doctrine was viewed as a "proposal created and carried out by the U.S. under the Reagan Administration to challenge the worldwide pressure of the USSR during the final years of the Cold War. Even though the doctrine didn’t last terribly long, it was the key feature of U.S. foreign policy from 1983 until the Cold War concluded in 1991" ("Reagan Doctrine," n.d.). The Reagan Doctrine's significance in the subject of U.S. politics and U.S. foreign policy is huge. The main motive that this doctrine was created was that "The doctrine aided as the …show more content…
Through the triumph of the Geneva Summit, Gorbachev displayed lots of readiness to work with President Reagan thus showing the doctrine’s usefulness in producing world peace (Farnham, 2001). Also, the doctrine which can be credited with helping to cement the way for Gorbachev’s rise to power as Russian Leader. In the Reykjavik summit, Gorbachev exhibited added enthusiasm to introduce arms control initiatives amongst both the Soviet Union (Farnham, 2001) and the United States. Such willingness was a noticeable deviation from established Russian armed conflict policies. Furthermore, Soviet foreign policies saw a changing of the nation’s actions and thoughts, in general, which are said to be attributed the Reagan Doctrine and it’s