Further Global Progress Is Now Possible Only

Even Today, A Majority Of People Surveyed Say That They Regret The Fact That The Ussr Collapsed. But Only 9 Percent Say That They Would Want It Back.

We Could Still Have Continued The Arms Race, But The Arms Race Was Pointless, And It Was Another Reason We Decided To Start Perestroika. It Was Senseless To Continue To Accumulate Weapons. We Had Enough Weapons To Destroy Life On Earth 1,000 Times, And Therefore It Was Very Clear To Us That The Arms Race Could Spiral Out Of Control. A Conflict Could Have Started, As Both The Americans And The Soviets Realized, Not Out Of A Wrong Political Decision But Because Of A Failure In The Command-and-control Systems.

A New Generation Of More Educated People Started To Be Active. Then Society Required Freedom, Society Demanded Freedom.

The Shortage Of Fresh Water Is The Major Ecological Problem Of This Moment.

It Seems That The Most Important Thing About Reagan Was His Anti-communism And His Reputation As A Hawk Who Saw The Soviet Union As An 'evil Empire.'