Mikhail Gorbachev’s death brings many tributes – but his legacy in Africa remains ambiguous: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He presided over the end of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States as …
Ukraine war: how Gorbachev’s 1987 INF missile treaty has limited the arsenal available to Putin: Thanks to the final Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, a disarmament treaty has denied Vladimir Putin thousands more missiles which he could have ordered to be used against Ukraine. Russian forces attacking Ukraine have not been …
Mikhail Gorbachev’s legacy: sadly, history will judge this good man harshly: h No other person but the final leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev – who has died aged 91 – could bring to life the eternal debate on the role of the individual in history. Does real change happen because of impersonal structural …