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The United Nations General Assembly as a venue for Gorbachev's speech

   

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Q1. Gorbachev chose the United Nations General assembly as the venue for his speech because of the many states that were attending the conference. Due to this process, it therefore provided a perfect platform for Mr Gorbachev to present his ideas. The fact that the conference was held in the United States which was a renowned adversary of Soviet Union also made it a good opportunity to spread this message. During the period in which the speech was presented in 1988, there was a lot of tension within the Soviet Union with most of the countries being uncomfortable with the union (Savranskaya & Zubok, 2009) .There was also a reduction in tension between the United States and the Soviet Union with the US President Ronald Reagan having visited the Soviet and signed the Long term and Short term missile reduction treaty. Due to the events that had happened in Russia during the previous few years, it therefore signaled that the Soviet Union was embracing peace and reduction in use of force to force member states to remain in the Union. The member states gained more freedom and power and this would later bring about the downfall of the Soviet Union.Gorbachev played a crucial role in helping to end the cold war. The world stage whereall the countries are represented by their heads of states presented a wonderful opportunity for Gorbachev to deliver his message and he delivered it perfectly and it was answered by the powerful states and this helped to end the cold war at the time (Scowcroft & Bush,2013).Q2.Gorbachev was referring to the major superpowers clinging onto their ideology and prevailing upon the smaller nations to adopt and follow their ideologies as a basis of their relations. He was referring to convictions, traditions and religion that different
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