What Is at Stake Now

Thirty years after the end of the Cold War, world peace is at risk again. The United States has withdrawn from the disarmament treaty with Russia, Europe is disintegrating, China is surging forward and a wave of nationalism and populism is destabilizing established political institutions and endangering hard-won liberties. Moreover, the coronavirus pandemic has brought into sharp relief the fragility of the global order and the speed with which it can slide into chaos. <br /> <br /> In view of this dangerous and unpredictable state of affairs, Mikhail Gorbachev, the last great statesman of the 1989... Weiter