1985 Brussels summit

Brussels summit
Map of NATO members
Host country Belgium
Dates November 21, 1985

The 1985 Brussels summit was the 7th NATO summit bringing the leaders of member nations together at the same time. The formal sessions and informal meetings in Brussels, Belgium took place on November 21, 1985.[1] This event was only the seventh meeting of the NATO heads of state following the ceremonial signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949.[2]

Background

In this period, the organization faced unresolved questions concerned whether a new generation of leaders would be as committed to NATO as their predecessors had been.[2] Generational change in the leadership of the Soviet Union brought Mikhail Gorbachev to the international stage.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ NATO. "NATO summit meetings". Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  2. 1 2 Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997). The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination, p. 101.
  3. ↑ Thomas, p. 130.

References

  • Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997). The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8476-8581-3; OCLC 36746439 (Archived 2009-05-06)
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