The second summit took place the following year , in 1986 on October 11 , in Reykjavík , Iceland . The meeting was held to pursue discussions about scaling back their intermediate-range ballistic missile arsenals in Europe . The talks came close to achieving an overall breakthrough on nuclear arms control , but ended in failure due to Reagan 's proposed Strategic Defense Initiative and Gorbachev 's proposed cancellation of it . Nonetheless , cooperation continued to increase and , where it failed , Gorbachev reduced some strategic arms unilaterally
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Cold War (1985–1991)