A warrior for peace passed August 30, 2022, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev. Gorbachev was the architect of the end of the Cold War and had the audacity to think that peace between the former Soviet Union / Russia and the West was possible. We made a film about the conditions for peace the emerged at the end of the 1980s with Gorbachev and other Cold Warriors. Their message of peace was embodied in our film The Arrow of Time. http://www.n2k.world/thearrowoftime This statement by Gorbachev is his message to the audience at the premier of the film at the Zürich International Film Festival in 2017. Already ailing then, he left his doctors to issue this urgent message, a message that asked for international cooperation with the objective of peace. It is so prescient and hence why we republish it now. Russian with English voiceover, voiceover starts at :15 seconds.

Prof. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. is University Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus and former Dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. In a recent survey of international relations scholars, he was ranked as the most influential scholar on American foreign policy. Leila Conners speaks with Professor Nye on the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Professor Alexander Likhotal is half Russian and half Ukrainian. He updates Leila Conners in a second conversation about the Russian invasion in Ukraine. He discusses Putin's mistakes and the reasons for Putin's miscalculations; as well the existential path all Russians find themselves on as the horrific loss of human life continues in Ukraine. Likhotal served as a European Security analyst for the leadership of the Soviet Union. In 1991, he was appointed Deputy Spokesman and Advisor to USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev. After President Gorbachev’s resignation, Alexander served as his advisor and spokesman at the Gorbachev Foundation and served as President of the International Green Cross. Alexander is a member of the the Club of Rome, on the Board of Trustees of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, of the World Academy of Art and Science, a Councillor at the World Future Council, and serves as adviser to the Club of Madrid. He is now is a professor of International Relations at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations.

Vijay Vaitheeswaran, The Global Energy & Climate Innovation Editor of The Economist, speaks with Leila Conners about the impact the war in Ukraine is having on the energy system, international alliances and on the ability of the world to achieve its climate goals.

Prof. Alexander Likhotal is half Russian and half Ukrainian. He served as a European Security analyst for the leadership of the Soviet Union. In 1991, he was appointed Deputy Spokesman and Advisor to USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev. After President Gorbachev’s resignation, Alexander served as his advisor and spokesman at the Gorbachev Foundation and served as President of the International Green Cross. Alexander is a member of the the Club of Rome, on the Board of Trustees of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, of the World Academy of Art and Science, a Councillor at the World Future Council, and serves as adviser to the Club of Madrid. He is now is a professor of International Relations at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Leila Conners spoke with Aleksander about the Russian invasion, its impact on global stability and what the world can do now.