October

October 26, 2011

Mikhail Gorbachev’s International Lecture Tour

From October 9 to October 23, 2011, Mikhail Gorbachev visited a number of countries on an extensive lecture tour. In response to numerous requests he also participated in various public events held in Belgium, Canada, the United Stated and...

October 17, 2011

Mikhail Gorbachev. A Farewell to Arms

MOSCOW – Twenty-five years ago this month, I sat across from Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik, Iceland to negotiate a deal that would have reduced, and could have ultimately eliminated by 2000, the fearsome arsenals of nuclear weapons held by the...

October 14, 2011

Mikhail Gorbachev: we should have saved the Soviet Union

On the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Union's collapse, former President Mikhail Gorbachev says the US should have backed his promotion of perestroika, or political and economic reforms. He says that Vladimir Putin is dragging Russia...

October 11, 2011

Louis Martinez. Reagan-era statesmen strive for a world free of nuclear weapons

Using the 25th anniversary of the historic Reykjavik Summit where Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev almost reached an agreement to completely eliminate their nation’s nuclear weapons stockpiles, a global disarmament group is...