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 23, 2015

Mikhail Gorbachev meets Shimon Peres

On 22June2015, Mikhail Gorbachev met the former President of Israel Shimon Peres, currently on a visit to Moscow.   Shimon Peres is Israel’s oldest politician and statesman. Apart from his stint as President of the country, MrPeres...

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...