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Last year, the magazine Russia in Global Affairs published Mikhail Gorbachev’s essay Perestroika and New Thinking: A Retrospective, which evoked considerable interest and response among scholars and students of Perestroika. Last year, the magazine Russia in Global Affairs published Mikhail Gorbachev’s essay Perestroika and New Thinking: A Retrospective, which evoked considerable interest and response among scholars and students of Perestroika.

Books

Mikhail Gorbachev. Memoirs
Raisa Gorbachev. I hope. Reminiscences and Reflections
Mikhail Gorbachev. The Road We Traveled. The Challenges We Face

News

Mikhail Gorbachev: How he changed our lives Mikhail Gorbachev: How he changed our lives The English-language version of Bettina Schaefer's well-known book about Gorbatchev has been published22 September 2025

Mikhail Gorbachev: A Transcendent Spirit for a New World Civilization

by M.S. Karlen, Editor, CDAC (Comprehensive Dialogue among Civilizations, Geneva)29 August 2023

Mikhail Gorbachev remembered by Pavel Palazhchenko Mikhail Gorbachev remembered by Pavel Palazhchenko 12 December 2022

Disparaging Gorbachev, Distorting Perestroika: Lessons of the Cold War’s End

by Robert David English29 October 2022

2.III.1931 — 30.VIII.2022 2.III.1931 — 30.VIII.2022 31 August 2022

Statement of the Gorbachev Foundation

1 March 2022

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Media reports

'It Was Impossible To Go On Living Like Before'. Interview with Mikhail Gorbachev

George P. Shultz, George P. Shultz Sam Nunn. The Threat of Nuclear War Is Still With Us

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Gorbachev in the news media

‘Meeting Gorbachev’ Review: Sitting Down With the Last Soviet Leader ‘Meeting Gorbachev’ Review: Sitting Down With the Last Soviet Leader The New York Times, May 2, 2019

Mikhail Gorbachev Warns Against "New Cold War" at Moscow Premiere of Doc About His Life

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Viewpoint

Archie Brown. Re-evaluation of the huge achievements of the perestroika years, as well as the failures during them and since, is an unfinished task Archie Brown. Re-evaluation of the huge achievements of the perestroika years, as well as the failures during them and since, is an unfinished task This article has been publushed in Russian in Rossiya v globalnoy politike journal, #3. 2021.
Naydene de Lange, Prof., Nelson Mandela University, S.Africa. Naydene de Lange, Prof., Nelson Mandela University, S.Africa. "Girls as 'warriors': Addressing gender inequality in turbulent times in South Africa" Paper presented at the International Conference “Girlhood in Turbulent Times: Gender Equality as a Cultural Norm and a Social Practice”, 7 April 2017
Jack F. Matlock. Amid ‘Russiagate’ Hysteria, What Are the Facts? Jack F. Matlock. Amid ‘Russiagate’ Hysteria, What Are the Facts? The Nation, June 1, 2018
Alexey Arbatov: The Ominous End of the Russia-U.S. Plutonium Agreement Alexey Arbatov: The Ominous End of the Russia-U.S. Plutonium Agreement
1985–2015. The Values of Perestroika in the Context of Today's Russia 1985–2015. The Values of Perestroika in the Context of Today's Russia The paper presented at a Round Table Discussion: "1985–2015. The Values of Perestroika in the Context of Today's Russia on 28 May, 2015.
Mark Kramer. Reagan, Bush, and Gorbachev: Ending the Cold War Mark Kramer. Reagan, Bush, and Gorbachev: Ending the Cold War A presentation at the Expertise roundtable at the Gorbachev Foundation, June 24, 2014
Chantal Kourilsky-Augeven. The Role of Legal Professionals in Franco-Soviet Relations in the 1970s and 1980s: A Research Itinerary in Intercultural Translation Chantal Kourilsky-Augeven. The Role of Legal Professionals in Franco-Soviet Relations in the 1970s and 1980s: A Research Itinerary in Intercultural Translation A report at the International Conference "France, the USSR and the end of the Cold War, 1975-1991", January, 23-24, 2014
Lilia Shevtsova. Thinking History: The Importance of 1991 Lilia Shevtsova. Thinking History: The Importance of 1991 Carnegie Moscow Center TUESDAY. AUGUST 20, 2013
Claudia Mitchell. Feminist remembering: Productive remembering in changing times. Claudia Mitchell. Feminist remembering: Productive remembering in changing times. A report at a Gorbachev Foundation Conference, Moscow, December 6, 2012
Ulrich Beck. Ulrich Beck. "Living in and Coping with World Risk Society: The Cosmopolitan Turn." Lecture in Moscow, June 20, 2012
Stephen Cohen. Why Did the Soviet Union End? Stephen Cohen. Why Did the Soviet Union End? Speech at a Gorbachev Foundation Conference, Moscow, November 10-11, 2011
Mikhail Gorbachev: We need changes along the lines of a replacement of the entire system Mikhail Gorbachev: We need changes along the lines of a replacement of the entire system
Ambassador Jack Matlock’s letter to Russian TV channel NTV Ambassador Jack Matlock’s letter to Russian TV channel NTV
Irina Virganskaya on her father, Mikhail Gorbachev: «Never in my life have I seen you scared» Irina Virganskaya on her father, Mikhail Gorbachev: «Never in my life have I seen you scared»
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Events

2.III.1931 — 30.VIII.2022

IN MEMORY OF MIKHAIL S. GORBACHEV

Mikhail Gorbachev: A Transcendent Spirit for a New World Civilization

by M.S. Karlen, Editor, CDAC (Comprehensive Dialogue among Civilizations, Geneva)