The essential meaning of perestroika for Gorbachev and his supporters was creating and acting on alternatives to failed and dangerous policies at home and abroad. – Stephen Cohen
The opportunities that Gorbachev created for international relations have also been missed, perhaps even lost – here, however, primarily because of the United States. – Stephen Cohen
There remains, however, the hope, at least in Russia, that, as sometimes happens in history, the memory of lost alternatives will one day inspire efforts to regain them. – Stephen Cohen
Thirteen years after the end of the Soviet Union, the American press establishment seemed eager to turn Ukraine’s protested presidential election on November 21 into a new cold war with Russia. – Stephen Cohen
The cost of acquiring new customers and maintaining those relationships in an online environment versus bricks and mortar is significant. – Stephen Cohen
On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted to carry out both inside his country and in its cold war relations with the West, particularly the United States, began to unfold. – Stephen Cohen
