Mikhail Gorbachev's First Visit to Britain: 30 Years on by K. V. Shlykov

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Die Singende Revolution. Die baltische Unabhängigkeitsbewegung 1986 - 1991 by Raphael Einetter

“…Furthermore  the role of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Perestroika is discussed.…”
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Les ambivalences ouest-allemandes face à la question yougoslave de l’Ostpolitik à l’unification by Julien THOREL

“…The author identifies three phases in the evolution of German foreign policy towards Yugoslavia between 1974 and 1989, separated by two leading events: the death of Marshal Tito in 1980 and Mikhail Gorbachev coming to power in the Soviet Union in 1985. …”
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Sobre a história da política externa da Rússia: o “paradigma” de Primakov by Alexander Zhebit

“…RESUMO Baseada na leitura das obras publicadas do antigo chanceler e primeiro-ministro russo Evguêni Primakov, com destaque na sua atuação nos governos de Mikhail Gorbachev e Boris Yeltsin, o artigo debruça-se sobre alguns vetores fundamentais da política externa russa nas relações internacionais, marcadas atualmente pela crise político-diplomática no relacionamento entre a Rússia e os Estados Unidos e seus aliados. …”
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The post-Soviet break in economic ties between Russia and Africa: causes and consequences by M. M. Mahamat

“…After the collapse of the Soviet Union at the initiative of Mikhail Gorbachev, Africa really became a “non-subject” for diplomats and military personnel stationed in the region, and some economic actors witnessed Moscow’s first initiatives. …”
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Soviet-Cuban relations after the Caribbean crisis, the collapse of détente and lessons for the future by B. F. Martynov

“…The weakening of the ideological foundations of “real socialism” was an additional factor that prompted the Soviet leadership, represented by Mikhail Gorbachev, to begin a policy of perestroika. Cuba’s ‘progress’ in Africa contributed to consolidation of Cuban society around the policy of the Cuban Communist Party, which, in turn, helped it to withstand the difficulties of the “peculiar period of peace” in the early 1990s.…”
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Chinese Reaction and Interpretation of 1991 Events in the Soviet Union by I. Y. Zuenko

“…The analysis of the most impactful of these works shows a wide range of views regarding certain aspects (fi rst of all, the role of reforms in the fi nal dissolution of the state) and consensus regarding other aspects (negative role of Mikhail Gorbachev, labelling the dissolution of the USSR and the Communist Party as a ‘catastrophe’). …”
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The Impact of Soviet-American Negotiations on the Change in Soviet Religious Policy (1985-1989): The Historical and Political Contexts of Gorbachev's Visit to the Vatican. by Boris Filippov

“…Additionally, the official visit of Mikhail Gorbachev to the Vatican was designed in this period. …”
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