2011
December 28, 2011
Jeffrey Sachs. Gorbachev and the struggle for democracy
Last week the world mourned and celebrated the life of Vaclav Havel, whose philosophy of living in truth brought freedom to his people and brought hope everywhere. This week we should celebrate another great revolutionary and Democrat, perhaps the...
December 14, 2011
Interview with M.S. Gorbachev to the Associated Press
DAVID RISING Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, whose reforms emphasizing change and openness helped lead to the fall of Communism, says he sees today's protests in Egypt as "well-grounded and of...
December 13, 2011
Gorbachev Forum Looks Beyond Messy Today. By Ramesh Jaura
BERLIN/MONTPELLIER (IDN) - "Dangers await only those who do not react to life," he admonished die-hard comrades in the Soviet bloc who were blind to the writing on the wall and ignored that the people's yearning for democratic space was impossible...
November 29, 2011
Mikhail Gorbachev’s Closing Remarks at the New Policy Forum Conference in Montpellier, France, November 25, 2011
First, let me thank all participants for an interesting and meaningful debate. It has fulfilled my expectations – and, I hope, yours. It is right that out Forum has responded to the wave of change in the Mediterranean. Today, this is where...
November 29, 2011
Mikhail Gorbachev’s Opening Remarks at the New Policy Forum Conference in Montpellier, France, November 24, 2011
Dear friends, First of all, let me welcome you to this conference and thank all those who have responded to our invitation. I would like to make special mention of the initiative and the contribution of the Languedoc-Roussillon Region and to thank...
November 29, 2011
M.S. Gorbachev: Politics is trapped in an “iron cage” of the demands and dogmas of neoliberal economics.
First, let me thank all participants for an interesting and meaningful debate. It has fulfilled my expectations – and, I hope, yours. It is right that out Forum has responded to the wave of change in the Mediterranean. Today, this is where...
November 28, 2011
The Waves of Change in the Mediterranean: The New Policy Forum Conference in Montpellier, France
On November 24-25, 2011, in Montpellier in southern France, the New Policy Forum (The Gorbachev Forum) and the Languedoc-Roussillon Region held the international conference themed “Policymakers’ Responsibility in a Changing World. The...
November 15, 2011
Stephen Cohen. Why Did the Soviet Union End?
Speech at the International Conference The USSR 1989 – 1991: Historical Experience and Lessons for the Future at the Gorbachev Foundation. 10-11 November 2011 It has been called the "Vopros Veka." And certainly it will be...
November 15, 2011
Off the press: 9th release of the Gorbachev Readings
The Gorbachev Readings. Issue 9. Two Coups and the Collapse of the USSR. Moscow, 2011 The book published herein is devoted to two events associated with the destiny of the Soviet Union. The authors made an attempt to expose the root causes of...
November 15, 2011
Russian edition launch of Superpower Illusions, a new book by Jack Matlock, held at the Gorbachev Foundation
Russian edition launch of Superpower Illusions, a new book by Jack Matlock, a prominent career diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to the USSR in 1987-1991, was held at the Gorbachev Foundation on 11 November 2011, at the end of the Conference devoted to...
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