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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