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...last term fade into lame-duck stagnation appears to be dwindling rapidly. Political considerations will dominate the capital once the new year begins and midterm congressional elections approach. But as Reagan negotiates with Congress this fall, he must also prepare for his all-important summit with Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The President has often been highly successful when tackling one or two major issues at a time, such as his drive for tax and budget cuts early in his first term. Whether he can handle multiple showdowns with Congress and get ready for Gorbachev, too, remains to be seen. Conceding...
Though he has been in power less than six months, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev has already become a more vibrant presence to the 278 million citizens of the U.S.S.R. than his recent aged and often ailing predecessors. Promising a top-to-bottom shakeup of the lethargic state bureaucracy, cracking down on alcoholism, mingling with street crowds in the manner of a handshaking, baby-kissing American politician, Gorbachev (pronounced Gor-ba- choff) is the most vigorous Soviet leader in a generation. At 54, he could be expected to have a long career as the ruler of a superpower. His personality and political...
...regional administrator, Gorbachev caught the eye of two powerful patrons: Mikhail Suslov, who was for many years the Soviet Union's chief ideologist, and Yuri Andropov, longtime head of the KGB secret police. Suslov, who commanded partisan forces in the Stavropol area during World War II, kept tabs on promising young apparatchiks in the region. Andropov often vacationed at hot-springs resorts near Stavropol. Gorbachev in effect served as his host. Suslov and Andropov engineered Gorbachev's appointment to higher and higher posts in the regional party and, in 1978, his sudden call to Moscow as a member...
Washington Bureau Chief Strobe Talbott is a specialist in U.S.-Soviet relations and arms control. His analysis of the interview with General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev...
...Union, his performance in the interview with TIME should lay them to rest. He displayed bravura rather than boiler plate, and his performance was rich in the raw material of Kremlinology. Soviet-affairs experts all over the world will devote much of this week to a painstaking analysis of Mikhail Gorbachev's comments. They will be looking for insights into his personality and Delphic hints about the policies he intends to pursue...