Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was the only President of the Soviet Union.

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When the Pandemic Is Over, the World Must Come Together

During the first months of this year, we have seen once again how fragile is our global world, how great the danger of sliding into chaos. The COVID-19 pandemic is facing all countries with a...

By Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev: 'In 1989 the World Chose Peace; We Need That Vision Today'

The Berlin Wall, which for decades had divided not just a city but a country, and all of Europe, fell in November 1989, and history accelerated its march. Such moments test the responsibility and wisdom...

By Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev: My Memories of George H.W. Bush

A remembrance by the only President of the USSR

By Mikhail Gorbachev

The U.S. and Russia Must Stop the Race to Nuclear War

"The alarm that people feel today is fully justified," writes the former leader of the U.S.S.R.

By Mikhail Gorbachev

It All Looks as if the World Is Preparing for War

The former Soviet leader calls on Trump, Putin and the U.N. for change

By Mikhail Gorbachev

Putin Is an Obstacle to Progress

'The rift between government and people can no longer be tolerated'

By Mikhail Gorbachev
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