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...

November 30, 2015

Mikhail Gorbachev meets Germany's Ambassador to Russia Rüdiger von Fritsch

On 30November 2015, Mikhail Gorbachev met Rüdiger von Fritsch, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Russian Federation. The meeting was initiated by the Ambassador. In a conversation, which...

November 17, 2015

In Germany, a new book by Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Meine Sicht der Dinge (My View of Things), is published

In Germany, PROPILAEN published a book by Former German Foreign Minister (1974–1992) Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Meine Sicht der Dinge (My View of Things). Mikhail Gorbachev received a copy of the book with the author's inscription: "To Mikhail...

November 11, 2015

The Expertise Round Table on “A New Agenda for International Politics. Towards Development of an Action-Research Project”

On 10November 2015, the Gorbachev Foundation hosted another round table held as part of its Expertise Round Table long-standing project. Its participants discussed “A New Agenda for International Politics. Towards Development of an...

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...