In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev, the new general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, called for __________.

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Mikhail Gorbachev called for "a new thinking" in 1985, which referred to a new approach to social, economic, and political policies in the Soviet Union. This included policies such as glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) that aimed to modernize and reform the Soviet system.

In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev, the New General Secretary of the Communist