The Trilateral Commission

The Authors Martin Feldstein is the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University and President of the National Bureau of Economic Research. From 1982 through 1984, he was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and President Reagan's Chief Economic Adviser. After graduating...

IntroductionEast-West relations remain uncertain. They did not become as bad as many observers had feared in early 1980, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. For almost five years, however, there was a steady deterioration in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. The...