Ergebnis für "Reykjavík" in Politik & Sozialwissenschaften

A dramatic account of the historic 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Iceland - the turning point in the Cold War - by Ken Adelman, Reagan's arms control director and a key player in that weekend's world-changing events. In October 1986, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met for a forty-eight-hour summit in Reykjavik, Iceland. Planned as a short gathering to outline future talks, the meeting quickly turned to major international issues, including SDI ("Star Wars") and the possibility of eliminating all nuclear weapons.

Iceland is an island of volcanoes, sheep, and evil junior hockey teams. Find out what the hell goes on there, courtesy of genuine all-American, Justin Zeppa, and genuine all-Icelander, Dettifoss Bergmann. It's a cultural exchange that is always just a heartbeat away from sparking an international incident.

The Reykjavík Grapevine's Iceland Roundup is a weekly news oriented podcast show hosted by a rotating cast of staff members and hangers on, with special expert guests. Highlighting the broad strokes of Icelandic news and the local views.For more about life, travel and entertainment in Iceland, go to www.grapevine.is

The Reykjavík Grapevine has been published out of down town Reykjavík for more than 20 years, with its offices for most of that time next door to the "World Famous Hot Dog Stand". Every day, people drop-in to our office for various reasons. Sometimes we they tell us interesting stuff that we want to share with you, so we interview them, for your pleasure. There is no theme.Hosted by: Jón Trausti Sigurðarson & Bart Cameron