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After the detente's sudden and abrupt end in the late 1970s, owing to the planned deployment of Pershing-IIs and the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union; it was time for the West to strike back under a defiant Ronald Reagan, who vowed to take-on the Soviet overmatch over the West in conventional forces as well as nuclear weapons. The subsequent, massive arms build-up in the U.S. and the advent of a reformist Tsar, in form of Gorbachev, brought a U-Turn in the Soviet approach as the strategic focus shifted across both sides as Reagan outlined his focus of securing Americans from the Soviet ICBMs with his Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) just as Gorbachev focused on improving the quality of life of Soviets. This contrasting, yet common focus, on people' welfare enabled the two leaders to collaborate and cooperate towards arms reductions through a series of Superpower summits which ultimately culminated in a series of historic and unprecedented arms control and reduction treaties. However, Gorbachev's efforts to transition the Soviet Union from Leninism-Marxism towards Social Democracy, while rooting for human rights and freedom, ultimately deteriorated the power and loosened the hold of Gorbachev and the Communist Party on the Stalinist empire in Eastern Europe which ultimately precipitated the disintegration of the Soviet Union end of the Cold War as millions of people oppressed for decades were finally liberated...

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Rajat Narang is the Co-Founder and Partner of a niche Research Firm pivoted on the Global Aerospace & Defense Industry for over a decade now apart from being a serial Author and active Podcaster. He has authored over 2000+ syndicated research reports (across industries & sectors) and has authored around 8 books on Commercial & Military Aviation and Leadership. The end users of his reports have been senior executives of leading Commercial & Military Aviation OEMs led by Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Gulfstream, Dassault, Textron Aviation and their supplier base, including, engine OEMs and T1 suppliers such as GE Aviation, Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney, Safran & Spirit Aerosystems. His reports have also been leveraged by the U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin Corporation, BAE Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems and Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) on the defense side of A&D. His educational background includes a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in International Business with Business Strategy as the core pivot followed by a Masters in Political Science with specialization in International Relations. His podcasts ""Birds of Fray: Top Gun Maverick"" and ""M.S. Dhoni: Leadership Masterclass from the Master of the Craft"" are available on most leading global platforms, including, Amazon Music, Spotify and Apple & Google Podcasts and have a substantial following. Bitten early by the A&D, Strategy & Leadership bugs while growing up, he has been actively following, tracking & pursuing them for almost 2 decades now.

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