Reykjavik Summit 20th Anniversary
October 8th, 2008
On October 10, 2006, former Secretary of State George Shultz and former Ambassadors Rozanne Ridgeway and Max Kampelman discussed the Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as “Star Wars,” at the Hoover Institution.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proposed that the U.S. focus on strategic defense rather than offense. From the Strategic Defense Initiative came the Missile Defense Agency.
Panelists discussed Reagan’s ideas, focusing on countries like North Korea, India, and Iran. Watch and listen below: