Mikhail Gorbachev

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• SOURCE: The Bulwark
  3/3/2022
  

  Despite US Missteps, Nothing about NATO Since 1991 Justifies Putin's Invasion

  by Cathy Young

  Attempts to blame Putin's aggression on the post-Cold War growth of NATO have traction on the left and right, but they simplify the history of the Russian federation and ignore the expansionist moves that made Russia's neighbors draw closer to western Europe.

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• SOURCE: The Baffler
  8/19/2021
  

  How Empires Fall

  by Matt Wehmeier

  "Decisive political moments are rarely expected, and even more rarely planned. Governments change all the time. But every once in a while, empires fall."

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  10/29/2020
  

  Meeting Gorbachev, Fleeing Imelda

  by Astrid S. Tuminez

  The contrasting political fortunes of Mikhail Gorbachev and Imelda Marcos offer a warning that public-spirited leadership is not always rewarded as much as naked personal ambition. 

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• 5-30-18
  

  30 Years Ago This Week Ronald Reagan Did Something No One Could Have Expected Years Earlier

  by David Foglesong

  He cut a deal with Russia. How he did it is worth remembering.

• SOURCE: NYT
  4-8-13
  

  Bill Keller: Maggie and Gorby

  Bill Keller is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times. Prior to this role he was the executive editor of The Times, a role he held since 2003.