June

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...

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

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...

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

June 16, 2008

Gorbachev: Let''s honor Stalin''s victims

MOSCOW -- Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday urged the creation of a national museum and memorial to honor victims of Soviet-era repression and to document their demise. The call by the leader of the glasnost campaign that bared...

June 16, 2008

Mikhail Gorbachev. A new start

As someone who has been in politics for 55 years, I have long been eager to feel the political pulse of Brussels. One of Europe's capitals, it is now host to debates that often reach beyond Europe. I found my chance to do that on a recent visit to...

June 16, 2008

Mikhail Gorbachev to Receive 2008 Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center

Philadelphia, PA (June 13, 2008) – The National Constitution Center’s 2008 Liberty Medal will be awarded to former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev for his courageous role in ending the dangerous, decades-long...

June 9, 2008

Mikhail Gorbachev receives Energy Globe Award

On May 26-27, Mikhail Gorbachev visited Brussels at the invitation of the European Parliament to receive the lifetime achievement award at the Energy Globe Awards ceremony . This award is a recognition of his diverse environmental...