I have always been fascinated by the 80s of the Twentieth Century. I will share my thoughts on this period in the following paragraphs.
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Gorbachev and Reagan
signing the INF Treaty (1987) |
The 80s of the Twentieth Century was a period where some of the most powerful political leaders of the world at least tried to solve a few of the most worrying global political issues at the time. I reckon this fact makes this decade a little bit different from the predecessor and successor years. Maybe the two most relevant political leaders who guided the rest of the world during this period were
Ronald Reagan and
Mikhail Gorbachev. I find that the
fall of the Berlin Wall (1989), the
dissolution of the Soviet Union (1988-1991), and the consequent end of the
Cold War (1947-1991) were good news, at least during those years. Although today we may have a slightly different opinion of these facts considering everything that has happened since then. Anyway, I find there was a very positive political climate of peace-making and reconciliation in the 80s, and I find it hard to understand why we have not kept that path during the following years.
