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THE WEEK, Page 23WORLDP.S. to the Cold War
Gorbachev says what the world needs now is more democracy
In 1946, out of office but still casting a long shadow,
Winston Churchill came to Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., and
declared that "an iron curtain" had descended across Europe.
Last week another idle leader sketched a different vision: Mi
khail Gorbachev came to Fulton and called for a world that is
"democratic for the whole of humanity." The collapse of
totalitarian regimes in Eastern Europe has released "exaggerated
nationalism," old territorial claims and bloodshed, he said. "It
would be a supreme tragedy if the world, having overcome the
1946 model, were to find itself once again in a 1914 model."
As for the cold war, Gorbachev said, both Soviet and
Western leaders made mistakes. Moscow wrongly expected communist
ideology to triumph after World War II, and the West erred by
exaggerating the Soviet threat and "unleashing a monstrous arms
race."
Five years after his speech, Churchill became Prime
Minister again; Gorbachev too may dream of political
resurrection. He was in the midst of a 13-day speaking tour of
the U.S., trying to raise $3 million for his new think tank in
Moscow. At an earlier stop last week, Ronald Reagan was host at
a luncheon near Los Angeles in Gorbachev's honor. Ticket price:
$5,000.