November

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...

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...