Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev Considers Comeback, Gives Speech Knocking Kremlin

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 11.20.2009 | World


MOSCOW — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political c...

Mikhail Gorbachev Supports US Withdrawal From Afghanistan (Video)

Posted 11.08.2009 | World


Mikhail Gorbachev supports a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. The former president of the Soviet Union spoke to CNN's John King Sunday on State Of ...

Obama at the UN: Will He Sound the Trumpet for Human Rights?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

What an opportunity for Obama, after a tumultuous eight months in office, to announce at the UN an auspicious new beginning for his Administration by sounding America's trumpet as the champion of human rights.

Iran: It's Not About You, People

RJ Eskow | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics


RJ Eskow

We all need to look in the mirror and remind ourselves: This isn't about you.

My Friend Ian Browde's Right Brain Reflections

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics


Yvonne R. Davis

With the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president, the world has entered a new economic context, "social or community capitalism," which will become our paradigm by 2015 - 2020.

Obama Held Secret Talks With Gorbachev

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics


President Obama has held talks with former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Reuters reports, "the latest sign of Washington's efforts to 'press the...

Gorbachev: Putin's Party Is Like "The Worst Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union"

AP | DAN PERRY | Posted 04.05.2009 | World


MOSCOW — In some of his strongest criticism of his successors, Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday likened Vladimir Putin's United Russia party to the...

Friday Night's Debate: How Obama Can Deliver the KO

Matt Littman | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics


Matt Littman

I believe foreign policy is McCain's weak spot, one that has not been exploited, but one that I believe Obama will pounce on on Friday night.

John McCain and Russia

Murray Fromson | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics


Murray Fromson

The latest campaign twister from John McCain is that he is not questioning Barack Obama's patriotism, only his judgment. But what kind of judgment ha...

Taiwan Declares Peace on China

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

To the Chinese, irrespective of past allegiances, the prospect of war has come to be viewed as counterproductive, and they now have the confidence to show it.