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If Ronald Reagan hadn’t proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), would that have prolonged the existence of the Soviet Union? Would it still be around today?
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Probably not. It’s been almost 40 years and the Soviet Union was in trouble, and even without SDI it could not have sustained an arms race for another four decades. Plus, Gorbachev was open to reforms.
I agree. The Soviet Union was going to collapse anyway, it was just a matter of time. Still, Reagan accelerated the process with help from the UK’s Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II.