Ambitious and considerably young compared to his predecessors, Gorbachev’s main aim was to reform the Soviet economy that had fallen behind its Western counterparts since the 1960s, without making any fundamental changes in the governing ideology of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev’s reforms at the domestic level had also been accompanied by changes in Soviet foreign policy. In November 1985, Gorbachev and his American counterpart Ronald Reagan at the Summit Meeting in Geneva concluded, “nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought” (Joint Soviet-United States Statement on the Summit Meeting in Geneva, 1985). The correct answer is Choice C.