USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The “Evil Empire” speech was a speech delivered by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8, 1983 at the height of Cold War and Soviet-Afghan War. In that speech, Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” and as “the focus of evil in the modern world".

Detailed explanation-2: -Reagan argued that the Soviet Union was in deep economic crisis and stated that the Soviet Union “runs against the tide of history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens.” This was before Gorbachev rose to power in 1985.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reagan believed in policies based on supply-side economics and advocated a laissez-faire philosophy, seeking to stimulate the economy with large, across-the-board tax cuts. Reagan pointed to improvements in certain key economic indicators as evidence of success.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or INF Treaty. This landmark agreement proposed to eliminate all intermediate and short-range ground-based missiles and launchers from Europe.