Topic: Malta Summit

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A caller discusses the 1989 Malta Summit between President George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, which signaled the end of the Cold War. The conversation explores how the promises made during the Perestroika era regarding NATO expansion have been broken in the decades following the fall of the Berlin Wall. This historical context is used to explain current tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine.