Mikhail Gorbachev?s actions in the late 1980s intensified East-West conflict, thus producing a renewed arms race and prolonging the Cold War.

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Mikhail Gorbachev's actions, including policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring), aimed at reforming the Soviet Union and reducing tensions with the West, ultimately contributed to the end of the Cold War, not its prolongation.

Mikhail Gorbachev?s Actions in the Late 1980s Intensified East-West Conflict