April

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...

April 29, 2015

Mikhail Gorbachev meets the Elders of international politics

On 29 April 2015, Mikhail Gorbachev met a delegation of veterans of international politics (the “Elders”) currently on a visit to Moscow. The delegation included former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, former Prime Minister of Norway Gro...

April 28, 2015

Girlhood Studies An Interdisciplinary Journal. Special Issue: "Girlhood Studies in Post-Socialist Times"

Girlhood Studies An Interdisciplinary Journal (Volume 8, Number 1 ). Special Issue: «Girlhood Studies in Post-Socialist Times» edited by Olga Zdravomyslova and Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova   The idea of this Special issue was created...

April 14, 2015

The Gorbachev Readings tenth issue published, titled “The Time of Change: Ideas and People” (Moscow, 2015)

The tenth, special collection of the Gorbachev Readings comprises the proceedings of four round table discussions. The first event in this series, themed “1968–1988–2008: Pathways of Ideas” was jointly held on 26 November...

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...