What effect did mikhail gorbachev's program of perestroika have on the cold war?

It made the Soviet Union economy weaker

Mikhail Gorbachev's program of perestroika affected the Cold War as they led to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Through the policy of Perestroika or Reconstruction, Gorbachev aimed to reform the Soviet Union and make it more open as a solution to the stagnating economy