Gorbachev’s ‘New Policy Forum’ Hints at the Future

William Pfaff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2010 No one attending the New Policy Forum in Sofia was very interested in Washington's present military and geostrategic preoccupations. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Gorbachev’s Sermon on the Mount

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 11, 2009 Mikhail Gorbachev is not honored enough for the example he set. His past practices and recent cautions about Afghanistan should be heeded by Barack Obama."Blessed are the peacemakers" certainly applies to Mikhail Gorbachev, a man not honored enough for the example he set. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Remembering the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Staff / Truthdig Nov 10, 2009 To mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a group of world leaders from past and present -- including Mikhail Gorbachev, Lech Walesa, Nicolas Sarkozy and Hillary Rodham Clinton -- joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday for a stroll through the Brandenberg Gate, which stood between East and West Berlin. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Search of Great Men

William Pfaff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2009 The world hungers for great men to liberate it from grief. They rarely arrive, and even more rarely are they appreciated at the time for what they are. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gorbachev on Gorbachev

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2009 You'd think that Mikhail Gorbachev, having stood at several key historical junctions in the not-so-distant past, might have a few thoughts about his time in office and the turns of events that happened since -- and Soviet Russia's last leader does. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lou Cannon on Ronald Reagan

BLANK May 1, 2009 The debate over our 40th president's role in ending the Cold War continues with the publication of James Mann's "The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan." Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Global Zero Pushes for a Nuke-Free World

Staff / Truthdig Dec 10, 2008 The founders of Global Zero, including Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev and Sir Richard Branson, want to do for nuclear disarmament what Al Gore and other environmentalists did for climate change. While the vast majority of the world's citizens seem to favor going nukeless, the issue has been confined to the back burner. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gorbachev: ‘Russia Did Not Want This Crisis’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2008 Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has weighed in again about the recent bloody battles between Russia and Georgia, this time insisting in a New York Times Op-Ed piece that Russia was "dragged into the fray by the recklessness of the Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili" and "did not need a little victorious war." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gorbachev: ‘Signs of a Cold War Are Present’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2008 Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev appeared on "Larry King Live" Thursday to give his read on the Georgia-Russia conflict, asserting that Georgia was definitively the first to attack, in "a barbaric assault" on Tskhinvali, and that "there was support and protection" for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili from elsewhere in the world Updated . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Taiwan Declares Peace on China

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 9, 2008 You can't trust the Chinese. I don't care if you're talking about those communists on the mainland or the other guys on Taiwan; they just won't follow the war-games script that our weapons hawks had counted on. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gorbachev Scolds Obama and McCain

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2008 According to Mikhail Gorbachev, John McCain and Barack Obama have more in common than they'd like to admit. Both have refused to address their country's unprecedented military spending, which the former Soviet leader blames for America's economic woes. Writing in a Russian newspaper, Gorbachev argued that the U.S. behaves "as if the Cold War were not a thing of the past, and the country were surrounded by enemies." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Boris Yeltsin Dead at 76

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2007 The Kremlin released word on Monday of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin's death, apparently of heart failure. Yeltsin leaves behind a complex legacy. He was instrumental in Russia's transformation from Soviet state to democracy, but, as Mikhail Gorbachev noted, Yeltsin also made some "serious errors." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )