April 11, 2024
Schedule
5:30PM ET - Cocktail Reception
6:00PM ET - Book Discussion
7:00PM ET - Book Signing with Author
Washington, DC.
Please join the Ronald Reagan Institute in Washington, DC on Thursday, April 11 from 5:30PM - 7:30PM ET for the book launch of Dr. Luke Griffith’s new book, Unraveling the Gray Area Problem: The United States and the INF Treaty. Cocktail hour will begin at 5:30 PM, to be followed by remarks and a book-signing by Dr. Griffith. All guests will receive a free copy of Unraveling the Gray Area Problem courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Institute.
Drawing on newly declassified records, Dr. Griffith shows how President Reagan managed conflicting views within his own administration and overcame wavering support for his arms control policies among Western European governments to reach and INF agreement with the Soviet Union in 1987. The INF Treaty enhanced Western security by prohibiting US and Russian ground-based missiles with maximum ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers. Significantly, it eliminated hundreds of Soviet SS-20 missiles, which could annihilate targets throughout Eurasia in minutes.
At a time when nuclear saber-rattling has become a feature of the Kremlin’s foreign policy,
Dr. Griffith’s work sheds light on how nuclear armed conflict between Washington and Moscow can be effectively managed to achieve a peaceful outcome.