What Best Describes the Ruling Policies of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet

What best describes the ruling policies of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union?

A) They forced the exportation of Russian Communism to Central and South America.
B) They evoked a "New Thinking" about internal and global politics, as well as an emphasis on openness and reform.
C) They increased political repression in Russia and in Eastern Europe.
D) They grew out of Russian misperceptions of United States strengths and failed to appreciate that American military spending and tax reductions under Ronald Reagan had greatly increased American budget deficits.
E) They led to a reform of Soviet Communism and the permanent strengthening of the Soviet regime.