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After a meeting in New York, President Ronald Reagan, Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev pose with the World Trade Center in the background.

Memories of Mikhail Gorbachev—and a unique time in Russian history

By Rose Gottemoeller | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Assessing the impact of Mikhail Gorbachev’s leadership on his country and the world

By Graham Allison | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev signing the INF Treaty in the East Room of the White House on December 8, 1987.

Mikhail Gorbachev, in his words and the words of others

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons