Mikhail Gorbachev was the last head of state of the Soviet Union, and helped bring about a peaceful end to the Cold War, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. He has since remained active in global and humanitarian affairs, most notably through his leadership of the Gorbachev Foundation.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Commentaries by Mikhail Gorbachev
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A Farewell to Nuclear Arms
MOSCOW – Twenty-five years ago this month, I sat across from Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik, Iceland to negotiate a deal that would have reduced…
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A New Democratic Agenda for Russia
MOSCOW – When Russian President Dmitri Medvedev delivered his annual address to the Federal Assembly I was struck by the fact that his speec…
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Playing Russian Roulette with Climate Change
GENEVA – Mounting skepticism and deadlocked negotiations have culminated in an announcement that the Copenhagen Climate Conference will not …
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More Walls to Fall
MOSCOW – The German people, and the whole world alongside them, are celebrating a landmark date in history, the 20th anniversary of the fall…
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Climate Change and Water Security
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released alarming data on the consequences of global warming in some of the world’s p…
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Turning Point at Chernobyl
The nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl 20 years ago this month, even more than my launch of perestroika, was perhaps the real cause of the collap…
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New World, Less Order
Looking back to the revolutions that shook Europe and the world 15 years ago this month, we should rejoice in what has been gained - freedom…
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The Ides of August
MOSCOW: For many Russians, August is a month for their dachas. But it is also a month with a developing tradition as a time to change the…
