February

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...

February 28, 2011

Britain should pull out of Afghanistan, says Gorbachev

The ex-Soviet leader argues the US must take some blame for fanning Islamic fundamentalism By Matthew Bell Mikhail Gorbachev, the former president of the Soviet Union, has called for fundamental change to world politics against the background of...

February 15, 2011

On 15 February, the Gorbachev Foundation hosted a discussion on “Education reform: As seen by the public”

The Civil Dialogue Forum continued a series of discussions on the current situation in the education sphere. The first event in this series was a Round Table, attended by experts and held on 15 December 2010.   Mikhail Gorbachev...

February 14, 2011

Mikhail Gorbachev. The people have had their say

First in Tunisia and now in Egypt, the people have spoken and made clear that they do not want to live under authoritarian rule and are fed up with regimes that hold power for decades. In the end, the voice of the people will be decisive. The Arab...