with enthusiasm.
nationalism
True.
Glasnost and perestroika
He had 2 'famous' policies that reformed the Soviet Union. Glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring).
Love
The war in Afghanistan had drained the nation's resources
He wanted to help ease the economic problems of his country.
introducing the policies of perestroika and glasnost
because the soviet economy was in serious trouble
Under Glasnost, Soviet people could criticize the system without being punished.Under Perestroika, Gorbachev loosened government control and moved the economy toward capitalism.
Glasnost. The word (and the phenomenon) gained popularity in the World media in mid-1980s, when Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the new cautiously democratic policies of "openness" and "rebuilding" to overcome the stagnation and disillusionment in the then-Soviet economy and society. The word for "rebuilding" is Perestroika.
A:Not really. President Gorbachov, more than any other, was responsible for the end of the Cold War. His policies of "Perestroika" (restructuring) and "glasnost" (openness) brought the confrontation between the old Soviet Union and the United States to an end.