Gorbachev 
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SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
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The Madness of Nuclear Deterrence
by Mikhail Gorbachev
The dangers have only become more acute in the decades since I tried to convince Thatcher.
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SOURCE: National Security Archive
9-30-16
Unilateral U.S. nuclear pullback in 1991 matched by rapid Soviet cuts
Declassified documents tell inside story of “most spontaneous and dramatic reversal” of the arms race.
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SOURCE: National Security Archive
3-11-15
30 years ago today the world changed
That's when the USSR put Mikhail Gorbachev in charge.
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Obama Should Model His Ukraine Policy on the Work of These Three Leaders
by Walter G. Moss
If Kennedy could make peace with Khrushchev, Brandt with Brezhnev, and Gorbachev with Reagan, is an honorable Ukrainian settlement with Vladimir Putin really impossible?
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7-19-14
Three Lessons We Need to Heed from the Soviet Downing of KAL 007
by Walter G. Moss
Gorbachev and Reagan found a way to end the Cold War. Presidents Putin and Obama need to follow their example.
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