Mr. Gorbachev was charming and presented himself as a modernizer, but neither Ronald Reagan nor George Bush was convinced he was for real. They would both be proved wrong.

Mr. Gorbachev was charming and presented himself as a reformer, but neither Ronald Reagan nor George Bush was convinced he was for real. They would both be proved wrong.

Above all, Mr. Gorbachev, Mr. Reagan and Mr. Bush built relationships of trust unimaginable to their Soviet and U.S. predecessors.

Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-2022 The Soviet reformer helped Reagan and Bush end the Cold War. By The Editorial Board Aug. 30, 2022 8:05 pm ET ...

Reagan’s vice president, George H. W. Bush, even told him that Gorbachev “will package the Soviet line better for Western consumption.” Then-Senator Joe Biden said in September 1986, a month before ...

But the talks between Reagan and Gorbachev, held at the allegedly haunted Hofdi House on the waterfront, were historic — until they dramatically collapsed at the last minute.

The Reagan Foundation and Institute mourns the loss of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a man who once was a political adversary of Ronald Reagan’s who ended up becoming a friend.

Perhaps the most valuable lesson we can draw from Mikhail Gorbachev’s life is that even the strongest and most influential leaders never change history alone.

Eulogies omitting the Soviet leader’s partnership with President Reagan — and the unique way they found a path to peace — diminish his full legacy.

Gorbachev’s passing Tuesday at age 91 represents the last link to that momentous closing chapter of the Cold War, whose peaceful end was nothing short of miraculous.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union who brought in reforms credited with ending the Cold War, died Tuesday. He was 91. Gorbachev died after a long illness, Moscow’s Centra… ...

(Andrea Mohin | New York Times Photo) From left, former President Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Raisa Gorbachev during a 1992 celebration of Forbes ...