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...

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...

June 29, 2011

Steven Cohen: Obama and the Russian-American “reset”: another missed chance?

Obama’s Russia ‘Reset’: Another Lost Opportunity By Stephen F. Cohen

June 3, 2011

The New Statesman. Meet Mikhail Gorbachev

The architect of perestroika was reluctant to pursue a life in politics, and still blames it for the death of his wife, Raisa. As he turned 80, he spoke to the NS about Muammar al-Gaddafi, Barack Obama and his own vision of democracy. When he was...