As Gorbachev lay in repose, roses were brought to him by Russian president Vladimir Putin who wants to revive that cold war Soviet Union Gorbachev worked to reform. Can’t say Putin was ‘paying ...

The Soviet Union’s major ally during the first half of the Cold War, the communist-led People’s Republic of China, contributed massive numbers of troops to the conflict in Korea and provided ...

One of the most influential politicians of the 20th century, Gorbachev used his six years as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to systematically dismantle the machinery of repression.

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 ...