The nickname for president reagan’s strategic defense initiative was the “evil empire.” “star wars.” glasnost. perestroik

 “Star Wars.”

Explanation:

In 1983, Reagan escalated the nuclear arms race by authorizing the Defense Department to develop a controversial Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) to construct a complex anti-missile defense system in outer space that would “intercept and destroy” Soviet missiles in flight. SDI was the most expensive defense system ever devised.  Despite skepticism among the media, many scientists, and the secretaries of defense and state that such a “Star Wars” defense system could be built, the new program forced the Soviets to launch an expensive research and development effort of their own to keep pace. Over the course of Reagan’s two presidential terms, defense spending totaled nearly $2 trillion.

b or c ( this is because my answer is short so just ignore it)

b. andrew