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Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, was awarded the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his leading role in the peaceful conclusion of the Cold War. Today, as the Founding President of Green Cross International, he is heading an international Climate Change Task Force. Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2009. www.project-syndicate.org

 

Stories from Mikhail Gorbachev

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More Walls to Fall
Like 20 years ago, we face a threat, but also the chance to take a momentous leap forward
Mikhail Gorbachev
01/12/2009

The German people, and the whole world alongside them, are celebrating a landmark date in history, the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Not many events remain in the collective memory as a watershed that divides two distinct periods. The dismantling of the Berlin Wall - that stark, concrete symbol of a world divided into hostile camps - is such a defining moment.

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