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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...

March 31, 2011

Mikhail Gorbachev honoured at 80th birthday charity bash

Mkhail Gorbachev honoured at 80th birthday charity bash By Bridget Kendall Diplomatic correspondent, BBC News A sincere moment of real respect, whatever the gaudy trimmings. So who had come to pay homage? The glitterati crowd included both...

March 30, 2011

London Concert To Mark Gorbachev's 80th

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is celebrating his 80th party with a black-tie charity concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. The event for "the man who changed the world", will be attended by Mr Gorbachev's family and the great and the good...

March 22, 2011

Brin, Bono Picked as Gorbachev Finalists

Google billionaire co-founder Sergey Brin, U2 lead singer Bono and film director Steven Spielberg were picked as finalists for Mikhail Gorbachev's The Man Who Changed the World award. Brin, Bono and Spielberg were among nine nominees announced late...

March 17, 2011

Katrina vanden Heuvel. Gorbachev 80

The end of the 20th century witnessed an apparently irreversible wave of democratization in several parts of the world. But until the recent dramatic events in Egypt, democratization seemed to have waned - even given way to a new wave of...

March 3, 2011

GREETINGS

Message of greetings from D. Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation Dear Mikhail Sergeyevich! Please accept my congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of your 80th birthday....

March 2, 2011

Gorbachev, at 80, gets Russia's highest honor

MOSCOW (AP) — Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded Russia's highest medal on his 80th birthday Wednesday, a belated tribute from the homeland where many blame him for the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told...