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Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev's Sermon on the Mount

Robert Scheer | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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Robert Scheer

When Gorbachev came to power he, like Obama, inherited a war that was not in the interest of his nation. If the response of a Soviet dictator was to end it, might we not be justified in doing the same?

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The Man Who Did Not Start World War III

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: East Berlin, Berlin Wall Anniversary, George HW Bush, Joseph Stalin, Red Army, Shevardnadze, Berlin Wall, Mikhail Gorbachev, World News
Eric Margolis

In 1990, I was the first western journalist ever allowed into the dreaded Lubyanka Prison, the headquarters of KGB, to interview senior KGB officers of the elite First Directorate.

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Top-Secret Reagan Letters to Soviet Leaders Now Online

Jason Saltoun-Ebin | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Jason Saltoun-Ebin

As the letters show, Reagan and Gorbachev were instead discussing how to minimize the threat of nuclear war by first reducing and then eliminating all nuclear weapons.

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Dispatch from Berlin: Forgetting Why the Wall Fell

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Communism, Berlin Wall Anniversary, Berlin-Wall-1989, Berlin Wall, Mikhail Gorbachev, World News
Benjamin R. Barber

We still pursue the illusion that democracy can be imposed from without. That's not how it happened then, and it isn't how it happens now: not in the German Democratic Republic and not in Iraq or Afghanistan either.

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Who Caused the End of the Cold War?

Joseph Nye | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Berlin Wall, Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev, Berlin, The Cold War, Soviet Union, World News
Joseph Nye

The end of the Cold War was a greater historical transformation than 9/11, but controversy persists about its causes.

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People Power Brought Down the Berlin Wall

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: People-Power, Nonviolence, Berlin Wall, Germany, Eastern Europe, Mikhail Gorbachev, Triumph, World News
Sarah van Gelder

Some argue that the Cold War was just too costly for the Soviet empire to maintain. But the wall couldn't have come down without a nonviolent people power uprising.

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Mikhail Gorbachev Supports US Withdrawal From Afghanistan (Video)

Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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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 ...

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Mikhail Gorbachev: 20 Years Later, Europe Must Address Divisions And Mistrust

nytimes.com | MIKHAIL GORBACHEV | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

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The year 1989 was a turning point for Europe and for the world, a time when history went into high gear. This acceleration was symbolized by the fall ...

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Gorbachev: George H. W. Bush Called Reagan "Extreme" And GOP Supporters "Blockheads"

The Nation | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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On September 23, Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and her husband, Stephen F. Cohen, a contributing editor, interviewed former Soviet President Mik...

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The Man Who Changed the World: An Interview with Mikhail Gorbachev

Ginny Dougary | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Politics, Communism, Glasnost, Perestroika, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian Oligarchs, World News
Ginny Dougary

Mikhail Gorbachev is still a man who strides the global stage -- and maintains a keen interest in domestic politics. I spoke to him about power, presidents, Putin and life after Raisa.

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The (Im)moral Logic of the Show Trial

Scott Atran | Posted 09.08.2009 | World

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Scott Atran

Moussavi courageously denounced the "show trials" and "torture" in Iran but his calls for reform can probably only be achieved by the regime's collapse, which is what the trials are designed to forestall.

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The "Just Say NO-Bama Campaign" Part 2: Diplomacy is Neither Timid Nor an Apology

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: John McCain, Twitter, Hungary, Kimberly-Krautter, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, Iranian Riots, Diplomacy, Mike Pence, Apology, Saber Rattling, Julie-Menin, Iran, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Middle East, Poland, Solidarity, Iranian Elections, Timid, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nancy Reagan, World News
Kimberly Krautter

Iranians have not asked for U.S. or other Western support other than a desire that our media continue to report their story.

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Ultimately Arms Control Is About One-to-One Relationships

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Where's the Rest of Me?, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, War, World News
Russ Wellen

At least a couple of the world's most belligerent cold warriors shared their dreams of a world free of nuclear weapons with their counterparts across the frozen aisle.

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The Mantra of 20 nuclear Weapon States -- Why 20?

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

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Evelyn Leopold

Today there are eight nuclear weapons states. North Korea, which just tested its second device, makes nine.

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Medvedev Interview: Russian President Breaks From Putin In Landmark Interview With Opposition Newspaper

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

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Breaking with the tone established by his predecessor Vladimir Putin, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev stated outright in an interview with a well-kn...

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Gorbachev Joins the Call for Green Stimulus

Matt Petersen | Posted 05.06.2009 | Green

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Matt Petersen

Last week I joined President Gorbachev in Texas to call upon the leaders of the G-20 nations and the leaders of the global energy sector to immediately make significant investment in solar energy.

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Obama Held Secret Talks With Gorbachev

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

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

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America Needs Its Own 'Perestroika': Gorbachev

Telegraph | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

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"America needs perestroika right now. I did a lecture in the US and said the country needs its own perestroika and I got a 10 minute standing ovation,...

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

AP | DAN PERRY | Posted 04.05.2009 | World

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

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Will Afghanistan Become President Obama's War?

Eric Margolis | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

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Eric Margolis

In a stunning historic irony, while U.S. troops and CIA teams were turning over ever rock in Afghanistan looking for Osama bin Laden, the gravest national security threat was on Wall Street.

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Leonardo DiCaprio Honored By Pal Mikhail Gorbachev

New York Daily News | Posted 03.14.2009 | Entertainment

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Leonardo DiCaprio was honored personally by none other than close pal Mikhail Gorbachev at the eighth annual Cinema for Peace Gala in Berlin - and luc...

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Mikhail Gorbachev Sets the Record Straight

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Russia Georgia War, Mekheil Saakashvili, Condoleezza Rice, Russian Actions in South Ossetia, Mikhail Gorbachev, Georgia, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Since 2001, George W. Bush and the neo-cons who run his foreign policy have treated the Russian Federation like a banana republic.

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The 7 Sexiest Green Celebs of 2007

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living

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Olivia Zaleski

2007 was a great year for Sheryl Crow. In addition to advocating "one square per restroom visit," the singer raised mainstream green awareness by touring the country in a biodiesel-powered bus.

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George Clooney And Don Cheadle Win Peace Award

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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George Clooney and Don Cheadle received a peace award Thursday for their efforts to raise awareness of the plight of the millions who have fled their ...

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Gorbachev Vows Revolution If New Orleans Levees Don't Improve

New Orleans Times Picayune | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Mikhail Gorbachev drew loud cheers in New Orleans Friday when he promised to lead a local revolution if the Army Corps of Engineers doesn't keep its p...

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