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  1. Mikhail Gorbachev
    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Writing for PS since 2001
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    Mikhail Gorbachev was the last head of state of the Soviet Union, and helped to bring about a peaceful end to the Cold War, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. He remained active in global and humanitarian affairs, most notably through his leadership of the Gorbachev Foundation. He was also the founder of the Green Cross International, an independent nongovernmental organization that addresses security, poverty, and environmental degradation.

  2. Gorbachev’s Tragic Legacy

    Gorbachev’s Tragic Legacy

    Oct 19, 2022 Robert Skidelsky reflects on the long-term effects of the late Soviet leader’s political and economic reforms.

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  4. The Gorbachev Diagnosis

    The Gorbachev Diagnosis

    Oct 5, 2022 Daniel Yergin revisits a 2001 interview with the former Soviet leader to consider where things went awry for Russia.

  5. China’s Gorbachev Phobia

    China’s Gorbachev Phobia

    Sep 1, 2022 Minxin Pei explains why, even in death, the Soviet Union’s last leader remains an anathema in Beijing.

  6. From Kafka to Gorbachev

    From Kafka to Gorbachev

    Nov 23, 2009 Norman Manea

  7. More Walls to Fall

    More Walls to Fall

    Nov 8, 2009 Mikhail Gorbachev

  8. The Unity of Water

    The Unity of Water

    Jul 7, 2014 Mikhail Gorbachev urges the international community to get serious about governing cross-border riparian flows.

  9. The Return of Gorbachev

    The Return of Gorbachev

    Aug 9, 1995 Paul Krugman

  10. Gorbachev's Living Ghost

    Gorbachev's Living Ghost

    Dec 11, 1997 Nina L. Khrushcheva

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    The Indians Dividing MAGA

    Shashi Tharoor shows how one immigrant group became central to the “civil war” within Donald Trump’s base.
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    Shock Therapy for Multilateralism

    Harold James considers what another Donald Trump presidency will, and will not, mean for global cooperation.
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    Will Trump Fire the Fed?

    Kenneth Rogoff

    Despite Donald Trump’s assurances that he will not seek to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, there is little doubt that the US president-elect aims to gain greater influence over the Fed’s decision-making. Such interference could drive up long-term interest rates, damaging the American economy.

    worries about the incoming US administration’s plans to weaken the central bank’s independence.
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    Crypto’s Unholy Choir

    Andrés Velasco hears a chorus of deceivers, demagogues, dictators, and tax dodgers singing Donald Trump’s praises.
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    What Are the BRICS Good For?

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    Following the addition of new members to the BRICS, some observers believe that the group has a good chance of becoming the new lodestar of global politics and international affairs. But the organization is neither representative enough nor sufficiently united to lead others.

    explains why the group of major emerging economies will not become the new fulcrum of world politics.
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    MAGA Goes to Panama

    Ruti Teitel asks whether the United States ever became truly reconciled to giving up control of the canal it built.
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    China Won’t Save Labour’s Britain

    Chris Patten urges British policymakers to focus instead on crafting polices that really can promote economic recovery.
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    The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertainty of the Trump Economy

    Nouriel Roubini considers what the US president-elect's promised policy agenda will mean for growth and inflation.
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    Ban Solar Geoengineering

    Mohammed Usrof, et al. predict that the controversial technology will foist upon young people yet another crisis they did not create.

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