The Cold War and U.S Diplomacy

The Cold War and U.S Diplomacy

Introduction

The Cold War is considered as the period of political and military tension between Soviet Union and the Unites States of America regarding the World War 2. The word Cold War was used for this condition because there was no directly battle or fighting between these two super powers of the world. US Diplomacy can be defined as the abilities and potentials of the country to discuss on the international level between groups of nations or nations. Moreover, it can be defined as the political contract between two national governments. Diplomacy is considered as the most important thing that should be achieved by the governments. Furthermore, diplomacy is also considered as the feedback loop through which foreign standards and policies are continuously changed. The paper will discuss the role and position of President Ronald Reagan on the Cold War and United States of America.

Discussion

Situation required US Diplomatic Efforts

The position and role of Ronald Reagan was very clear on the US diplomacy and Cold War. Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States of America. His tenure period was from 1981 to 1989. Moreover, President Ronald Reagan is considered as the present that ended the Cold War. Reagan became the president of America on 20th January 1981 by beating President Jimmy Carter. It was described by a study that when Ronald Reagan was elected as the President of America in 1981, he firstly inherited the military that was fighting and struggling to prevail over the damage caused by the Vietnam War. Reagan had a clear vision for America, and he designed such strategies to overcome these barriers. In addition to overcome these barriers, Ronald Reagan also focused on the event of calling the “Evil Empire”. This was the major event that happened during the tenure of Reagan. The statement of “Evil Empire” was regarding the United States of America that makes a direct impact over the decision regarding Star wars defense system. There were a number of situations that make a direct impact over the decisions regarding diplomacy. Ronald Reagan blamed Soviet Union for all the unrest situations in the world. The first situation was regarding the increasing tension between both countries. Moreover, another situation was regarding the presence of most brutal president at the Soviet Union (Bacevich & Bacevich, 2009).

Gorbachev was a different type of communist commando. The new leader of Soviet Union realized that the Soviet Union was dividing from inside, and tried to reconstruct Soviet Communism by changing it. He formulated new and different policies of reconstruction and openness, guaranteeing a closure to the most exceedingly awful misuses of the Soviet state police by conceding subjects more stupendous political and financial opportunities. In the meantime, Gorbachev tried to tone down the unfriendliness of the Cold War to arrange a close to the weapons contest with the United States. Reagan did not accept that Gorbachev was not kidding since Reagan decade's old conviction that all communists were ...