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Topic: Mikhail Gorbachev

Pres. Bush (R) & Soviet Pres. Gorbachev shaking hands, all smiles, holding summit press conference, 1989 (Dirck Halstead/Getty Images)

Gorbachev: The missed opportunity

John T. McNay
This Dec. 8, 1987, photo shows President Ronald Reagan with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during welcoming ceremonies at the White House on the first day of their disarmament summit. (JEROME DELAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
Mikhail Gorbachev and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Russia went from Gorbachev to Putin

James Drake
In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 photo former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speaks to the Associated Press during an interview at his foundation's headquarters in Moscow, Russia. Gorbachev said the West has wasted a chance to build a safer world after the Cold War while the U.S. has gloated at the Soviet Union's demise. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) (AP)

Gorbachev: Destroy nuclear weapons

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
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How demographic can rip a country apart

Monica Duffy Toft - The Conversation
John Bolton; Donald Trump; Vladimir Putin (AP/Getty/Salon)

Nuke madness: Trump's latest brain wave

Heather Digby Parton
Vladimir Putin; Donald Trump (AP/Photo Montage by Salon)

Kremlin issues threat over INF treaty

Shira Tarlo
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and former President Reagan during three days of summit talks, 1987; President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive to a joint press conference after their summit, 2018. (AP/Doug Mills/Getty/Chris McGrath)

Trump has abandoned Reagan's legacy

Jonathan Zimmerman
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Ronald Reagan; Donald Trump (Getty/Michael Evans/AP/Evan Vucci)

Trump, Reagan and nukes

Sophia Tesfaye
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Trump's dumbness is dangerous

Émile P. Torres
Ronald Reagan (AP/Doug Mills)

Reagan: The postwar FDR?

Elias Isquith
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Ronald Reagan's FDR side

H.W. Brands
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A still from the movie "The Day After"

1983's dreadful nuclear autumn

Alexander Zaitchik
Russian President Vladimir Putin (AP/Ivan Sekretarev)

Jim Heintz
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