Interesting Gorbachev Article

                  It has been about twenty years since the demise of the Soviet Union.  The January 9/16 issue of Nation magazine marks this occasion with a set of three brief articles:  The first is by Mikhail Gorbachev, entitled “Is The World Really Safer Without The Soviet Union?”  The second is by American historian and Russian Studies expert Stephen F. Cohen, entitled, “The Soviet Union’s Afterlife.”  And the third is by American educated Russian journalist Vadim Nitikin, entitled “Back in the USSR.”  I recommend all of these articles, particularly the one by Gorbachev.