Archie Brown

Archie Brown is an Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University and an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's from 1 October 2005.

His principal research interests are the Gorbachev era, the evolution and dissolution of Communism, the comparative study of political leadership.

Professor Brown is credited by many to be the man who persuaded Thatcher to do business with Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev at eighty: evaluating his achievements

Next week the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev celebrates his 80th birthday. Archie Brown salutes twelve radical achievements that have changed Russia and the world for the better.

By Archie Brown

/ 25 Feb 2011