How did Gorbachev improve relations with Western nations?

Question by sorry_i_cant_be_perfect05: How did Gorbachev improve relations with Western nations? Do we see strategies like this taking place today?
Where?

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Answer by Leela Ciccone
Wasn’t he drunk all the time? Or am I thinking of Yeltsin?

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