2021

November 29, 2021

The Moscow Times: Archie Brown is Awarded the Pushkin House Book Prize

Last night in London, the 9th Pushkin House Book Prize was awarded to Archie Brown, Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford, for “The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan and Thatcher and the End of the Cold War,” published...

November 15, 2021

Address to the Conference on Nuclear Disarmament

In a written address to the conference in Kazakhstan’s capital, which opened today, Mikhail Gorbachev welcomed the initiative of the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to create a Global Alliance of Leaders for Nuclear...

June 11, 2021

Archie Brown. Re-evaluation of the huge achievements of the perestroika years, as well as the failures during them and since, is an unfinished task

Then and Now Archie Brown.Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Oxford. His most recent book isThe Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher, and the End of the Cold War(Oxford University Press, 2020). At the end of the 1980s there...

Archie Brown. Re-evaluation of the huge achievements of the perestroika years, as well as the failures during them and since, is an unfinished task

February 9, 2021

Mikhail Gorbachev conveys condolences for the passing of George Shultz

George Shultz was, without doubt, a major figure in world politics. We worked together. It was not easy, but with joint efforts we were able to find ways to resolve problems by taking into account the interests of both sides. I believe that this...

January 20, 2021

Gorbachev: Russia, US should extend New START, work on next treaty

What do you think, should we expect changes in Russian-US relations now that Biden moves into the White House? Is it possible to reboot them? What are the main problems that Russia and the United States are to solve on this path? The current...

January 13, 2021

Mikhail Gorbachev: Trust has been destroyed globally, and many things will need to be started over. Interview with Mikhail Gorbachev, RIA Novosti, January 11, 2021 January 12, 2021

Mr Gorbachev, how has the pandemic that plagued humanity over the past year affected your life? Did you have to limit your activities? Are you adopting the new formats of communication – videoconferencing and zoom conferencing? Has the...