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April 30, 2019

Mikhail Gorbachev. The Madness of Nuclear Deterrence

‘Deterrence cannot protect the world from a nuclear blunder or nuclear terrorism,” George Shultz, William Perry and Sam Nunn recently wrote. “Both become more likely when there is no sustained, meaningful dialogue between...

April 26, 2019

Werner Herzog on ‘Meeting Gorbachev’: ‘It Is a Mistake to Demonize Russia’ — Exclusive Trailer

Herzog, talking to IndieWire about his new doc on a better era in U.S.-Russia relations, also decries demonizing Trump and hints at his “Mandalorian” role. Christian Blauvelt   Werner Herzog’s “Meeting...

April 22, 2019

The Wall Street Journal (USA): “The threat of nuclear war is still with us”

The Threat of Nuclear War Is Still With Us The U.S. must re-engage with Russia to ensure the ultimate weapon doesn’t spread and is never used. By  George P. Shultz,  William J. Perry and  Sam Nunn   The U.S....

April 1, 2019

Konstantin Dobrynin "Time of struggle for peace"

The 88th birthday of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union, passed recently without much fanfare. Russian President Vladimir Putin merely sent a customary salutation to the former leader of an empire, the man who gave freedom to...

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...