2010
December 28, 2010
Mikhail Gorbachev. We need to move on
Moscow JUST a few weeks ago, the fate of the New Start nuclear arms treaty seemed to hang by a thread. But since last week, when the United States Senate ratified the treaty, which reduces the size of the American and Russian nuclear stockpiles, we...
December 10, 2010
Mikhail Gorbachev: Russia needs real and effective democracy
As I followed the debate about President Dmitri Medvedev’s annual address to Russia’s Parliament, one idea struck me as particularly pertinent: There is much in the president’s speech that is important and necessary, but one might...
November 15, 2010
The Hiroshima declaration on the abolition of nuclear weapons
The undersigned Nobel Peace Laureates and representatives of Nobel Peace Prize organisations, gathered in Hiroshima on November 12-14, 2010, after listening to the testimonies of the Hibakusha, have no doubt that the use of nuclear weapons against...
November 12, 2010
Mikhail Gorbachev Addresses the Nobel Peace Laureates Forum in Hiroshima
The Nobel Peace Laureates Summit in Hiroshima is an event of special significance. Its venue is a reminder of our responsibility, of our duty as laureates, which is to work toward a more just, more humane and more secure world. And that, of course...
November 8, 2010
Statement by Mikhail Gorbachev on the HOPEFOR Initiative
Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, has proposed the establishment of a Humanitarian Operation Force (HOPEFOR) to provide rapid response to humanitarian catastrophes caused by...
November 8, 2010
Mikhail Gorbachev. You can't ignore the climate
I spent the entire month of August in Moscow. Those who were in the Russian capital then will never forget the heavy smog from wildfires in nearby regions that choked the city for weeks. The city seemed immersed in an alternate reality. People...
November 1, 2010
New Politics Forum (Gorbachev Forum): discussion on the future of international relations
SOFIA, Bulgaria—The most striking phenomenon at the discussions taking place at the New Policy Forum held here last weekend, under the sponsorship of Moscow’s Gorbachev Forum and the Bulgarian Slavyani Foundation, was that the great...
October 29, 2010
Mikhail Gorbachev: “NATO cannot win in Afghanistan”
The former leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, has warned Nato that victory in Afghanistan is "impossible". Mr Gorbachev said that the US had no alternative but to withdraw its forces if it wanted to avoid another Vietnam. As Soviet...
October 12, 2010
Mikhail Gorbachev meets California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
On October 12, Mikhail Gorbachev met with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Gorbachev and Schwarzenegger have known each other for a long time and on the eve of his trip to Russia, the Governor expressed his desire to meet Mikhail Gorbachev...
October 7, 2010
Mikhail Gorbachev comes to Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of German unification
Mikhail Gorbachev arrived in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, following an invitation from Mrs. Petra Roth, a well-known German politician and Oberbűrgermeister (Lord Mayor) of Frankfurt am Main, who on behalf of the government and citizens of the city...
May 20, 2018
The Round Table: "From the Prague Spring to Perestroika"
October 27, 2017
Round Table “The 1917 Russian Revolution for Our Country and the World: 100 Years’ Retrospect”
October 5, 2017
The Expertise Round Table. Perception of Russia across the East and West: Memory, Identity and Conflicts. International Study of Images of Russia across Eurasia: Results and Discussion