President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8, 1987, as they met for the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

PARIS — Mikhail S. Gorbachev believed the Soviet Union could be preserved without recourse to violence. This proved to be a misunderstanding of the nature of the repressive empire he ruled.

Between Gorbachev and Xi, no greater contrast is possible. One devolved the power of his position as Supremo of the CPSU to a fault, the other has taken over all the key centres of the CCP. Yet, given ...

Steve Jobs journeyed to Moscow, aiming to introduce Macintosh computers to the Soviet Union amidst internal Apple turmoil.

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 ended decades of Cold War tension and reshaped global politics. But what if the USSR never fell? What if Gorbachev’s reforms had succeeded, transforming the ...

"Based on the incredible true story, Reykjavik takes place during the Cold War at its most dangerous point, when two ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91 He embarked on a path of radical reform that propelled the communist country toward collapse August 30, 2022 More than 2 years ago ...