Where’s Our Gorbachev?
The United States today isn’t on the verge of a Soviet-style disintegration — but neither is there any force at the top willing and able to reform our political system.
Jonathan Steele was the Guardian’s bureau chief in Moscow from 1988 to 1994. He is the author of Eternal Russia: Yeltsin, Gorbachev, and the Mirage of Democracy.
The United States today isn’t on the verge of a Soviet-style disintegration — but neither is there any force at the top willing and able to reform our political system.