Jack Goldstone

Jack Goldstone is a historian and scholar of revolutions, comparative politics, and political demography. He is the Virginia E. and John T. Hazel, Jr. Chair Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University and a Global Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center. ([hoover.org](https://www.hoover.org/research/how-will-demographic-transformations-affect-democracy-coming-decades?utm_source=openai))

George Shultz Combined Cold War Pressure With Diplomacy

At a Hoover Institution memorial lecture, Condoleezza Rice, Philip Taubman, Michael Boskin and Abraham Sofaer portrayed George Shultz’s Cold War diplomacy as a combination of pressure on the Soviet Union and efforts to keep negotiations open. They argued that Shultz strengthened the U.S. position and helped Ronald Reagan pursue arms agreements, while his influence depended on persuading a president who retained the authority to decide. The panel also differed over whether the 1986 Reykjavik summit could have produced a workable deal.

Hoover InstitutionOct 11, 202623 min read