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Trump and Gorbachev: Will the US Suffer the Fate of the USSR?

... purchasing Greenland, jesting about Canada as the “51 st US state,” and dismantling key instruments of American soft power like USAID, Radio Liberty, and the Voice of America—further underscored the administration’s unorthodox approach. Such radical ... ... in policy invite historical comparison. Four decades ago, the Soviet Union witnessed a similarly transformative moment when Mikhail Gorbachev assumed leadership of the Communist Party. Beginning with cautious reforms, his tenure soon gave way to a sweeping ...

30.04.2025

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The Lost Twenty-Five Years

... voted in favour of “the preservation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as a renewed federation of equal sovereign republics in which the rights and freedoms of an individual of any nationality will be fully guaranteed.” This was Mikhail Gorbachev’s final attempt to stop the disintegration of a major country. Nine months later, following a referendum on Ukraine’s independence on December 1st, the Soviet Union officially ceased to exist. The Ukrainians, of whom more ...

29.02.2016

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