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...Former Soviet Premier Mikhail S. Gorbachev will likely face questions about Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Russia when he speaks on nuclear proliferation at the Institute of Politics (IOP) next week...
Despite his role in hastening the collapse of the Soviet Union and bringing democracy to Russia, Gorbachev has emerged as a sometimes-ambivalent supporter of Putin’s largely successful effort in recent years to tighten his grip over Russian politics and assert his power on the global stage. The pro-Putin United Russia party is expected to win by a wide margin on Sunday, in large part because opposition parties have been prevented from participating in the election...
Allison, who heads the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, spearheaded the effort to secure nuclear weapons in former Soviet satellite states during the early years of the Clinton administration...
...said Gorbachev, respected in the U.S. and Europe for the reforms he instituted that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union, holds little sway over domestic politics in Russia...
...last two decades have not given the people of Afghanistan much to smile about. Since being invaded by the crumbling Soviet Union in the 1980s, the nation has seen the collapse of a puppet communist government, the ravaging of its lands by militant groups called mujahideen, and the rise of the Taliban, one of the most notorious regimes in recent memory. A beacon of light following years of darkness, the US-led invasion in the wake of Sept. 11 failed to bring peace to the blood-stained country, serving only to reinstall some of the same vicious mujahideen that tore...