1985 Brussels summit

The 1985 Brussels summit was the 7th NATO summit bringing the leaders of member nations together at the same time. The formal sessions and informal meetings in Brussels, Belgium took place on 21 November 1985.[1] This event was only the seventh meeting of the NATO heads of state following the ceremonial signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949.[2]

Brussels summit
Map of NATO members
Host countryBelgium
Dates21 November 1985

Background

In this period, the organization faced unresolved questions concerned whether a new generation of leaders would be as committed to NATO as their predecessors had been.[2] Generational change in the leadership of the Soviet Union brought Mikhail Gorbachev to the international stage.[3]

gollark: What, seriously? Wow.
gollark: So we have... 22 for gibson + 2 for umnikos?
gollark: There is wide support for replacing Lyric with someone, and Gibson is generally considered a fairly okay choice.
gollark: We could elect a leader in some way.
gollark: Gibson can transfer ownership, that would work.

See also
  • EU summit
  • G8 summit

Notes
  1. NATO. "NATO summit meetings". Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  2. Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997). The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination, p. 101.
  3. Thomas, p. 130.

References
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