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January 30, 2017

Mikhail Gorbachev: 'It All Looks as if the World Is Preparing for War'

The world today is overwhelmed with problems. Policymakers seem to be confused and at a loss.   But no problem is more urgent today than the militarization of politics and the new arms race. Stopping and reversing this ruinous race must be...

June 24, 2014

The Expertise Round Table – presentation by Mark Kramer themed “Reagan, Bush and Gorbachev: Talks between the Superpowers and the End of the Cold War”

On June 24, 2014 the Gorbachev Foundation held a round table, with Mark Kramer, Director of the Cold War Studies Program at Harvard University and a Senior Fellow of Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, appearing as a guest...

March 11, 2013

Interview with M.S. Gorbachev to the BBC Russian Service

In an interview with the BBC he called on President Vladimir Putin "not to be afraid of his own people".   Mr Gorbachev also criticised Mr Putin's inner circle, saying it was full of "thieves and corrupt officials".   The laws include...

April 27, 2008

Expertise Round Table seminar discusses contemporary foreign policy of Russia

On February 26, 2008, the Gorbachev Foundation hosted an Expertise Round Table standing seminar with a theme “Contemporary Foreign Policy of Russia”. The round table was chaired by the Foundation’s President Mikhail Gorbachev and...

April 18, 2008

"Dear Mr. Gorbachev, we wish you a very happy 77th birthday!"

Dear Mr. Gorbachev, The enclosed "Birthday Card" is from my 11 year old son, Ryan Ashton Noblett. Ryan is legally blind. He is a 5th grade Honors student at Rosewood Elemen-tary School in Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S.A. Ryan's class is studying...

April 14, 2008

Gorbachev calls for more international cooperation

SANTA FE, N.M.—Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized America's military buildup since the Cold War and called Monday for more international cooperation to resolve political and global environmental problems. ...