 Kunyange zvazvo yakarwiswa nevatsigiri vezvematongerwe enyika vakadai saJesse Helms, Chibvumirano cheINF chakapa kukurudzira kukuru kukurumbira kwaReagan pashure peIran-Contra Affair. Nguva itsva yezvokutengeserana nokuzaruka pakati pemasimba maviri yakatanga, uye U.S. neSoviet Union dzakashanda pamwe chete panhau dzenyika dzakawanda dzakadai seHondo yeIran neIraq. Apo Reagan akashanyira Moscow nokuda kwemusangano wechina naGorbachev muna 1988, akaonwa somunhu akakurumbira navaSoviet. Mumwe mutori wenhau akabvunza purezidhendi kana akanga achiri kufunga kuti Soviet Union yakanga ichiri umambo hwakaipa. Aiwa, iye akapindura kudaro, ndakanga ndichitaura nezverimwe nguva, imwe nhambo. Pakukumbira kwaGorbachev, Reagan akapa hurukuro pamusika wakasununguka paMoscow State University. Muna December 1988, Gorbachev akaramba chaizvoizvo Dzidziso yaBrezhnev, achigadzirira nzira yedemokrasi muEastern Europe. Muna November 1989, mwedzi gumi Reagan abva pachigaro, Rusvingo rweBerlin rwakawa. Hondo Yemashoko yakaparidzirwa zvisiri pamutemo kuti yapera paMusangano weMalta mwedzi wakatevera wacho. 