[TODAY IN HISTORY] Thirty-five years ago, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which reduced the number of weapons in US and Soviet #nuclear stockpiles. Expand the graphic below for a timeline of the INF Treaty ⤵ (1/5) 
🎧 Listen to a recording of Reagan and Gorbachev from the INF Treaty signing, courtesy of the Kennan Institute/@CWIHP audio archive. Reagan famously used the Russian phrase “доверяй, но проверяй” — “Trust, but verify.” wilsoncenter.org/article/reagan… (2/5)
Read “Forgotten Parties to the INF” by @mbudjeryn and Ambassador Steven Steiner for @CWIHP’s Sources and Methods blog, which includes Amb. Steiner’s firsthand account of INF Treaty negotiations. 👇 wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/forg… (3/5)
Learn more about Putin’s #nuclear posturing during Russia’s ongoing invasion of #Ukraine with Boris Grozovski’s analysis for the #RussiaFile blog. Read more: 🔗wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/vlad… (4/5)
Explore Mikhail #Gorbachev’s legacy as the final #Soviet leader with our retrospective collection ⤵️ wilsoncenter.org/collection/gor… (5/5)
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