Last Soviet leader Gorbachev, who ended Cold War and won Nobel prize, dies aged 91
August 31: Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASI he recent coup in Burma is a stark reminder that the future of democracy in South East and South Asia faces a treacherous path ahead. Although some observers disagree, the world has entered what we might term, the ‘New Cold War’. In this new world order, reminiscent of the Cold War from the 1950s to 1980s, […]