Question

During his second term ronald reagan's relationship with mikhail gorbachev resulted in

Answer 1

better relations, allowing the USSR to begin internal reform

 Reagan and Gorbachev personal relation enabled Gorbachev to convince his Kremlin communist partners on the need for perestroika and glasnost, which eventually resulted to the end of the cold war.

Answer 2

Their personal relationship resulted in a better relationship between the two countries and progress in regard to arms control.

Explanation:

US President Ronald Reagan had begun his presidency in 1981 by calling the Soviet Union the "evil empire" and proposing major new defense initiatives to challenge the USSR.  But in Reagan's second term, his rhetoric softened and he developed a personal relationship with Soviet premier over the course of several summit meetings.   In 1987, they worked out together and signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty, a significant step toward arms control and reducing tensions between the two powers.