--- title: Archie Brown | TIME description: Brown is a British political scientist and historian. He is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University and Emeritus Fellow of St. Antony’s College, Oxford. He is the author, among other books, of The Rise and Fall of Communism. canonical: https://time.com/author/archie-brown/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/archie-brown/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Archie Brown ## Archie Brown Brown is a British political scientist and historian. He is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University and Emeritus Fellow of St. Antony’s College, Oxford. He is the author, among other books, of [The Rise and Fall of Communism.](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/663069/the-rise-and-fall-of-communism-by-archie-brown/) ## Archie Brown *  Aug 31, 2022 ### [The Cold War Didn't Have to End. Gorbachev Made It Happen](https://time.com/6209992/mikhail-gorbachev-end-cold-war/) Mikhail Gorbachev made three crucial decisions that were key to ending the Cold War peacefully [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/archie-brown/","name":"Archie Brown"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/archie-brown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/archie-brown/"},"name":"Archie Brown","jobTitle":null,"description":"Brown is a British political scientist and historian. He is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University and Emeritus Fellow of St. Antony’s College, Oxford. He is the author, among other books, of The Rise and Fall of Communism.","url":"https://time.com/author/archie-brown/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```