glasnost
Kremlin's new candor
Glasnost is a Russian word meaning openness or transparency, famously associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms in the 1980s that allowed greater freedom of speech and press in the USSR.
In English, it often appears in discussions of political reform or institutional transparency, sometimes used loosely to describe any policy shift toward openness after a period of secrecy.
The new CEO promised a glasnost approach to company communications.
Soviet reform initiative
- SovietOf the USSR
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- détenteEasing of strained relations
Gorbachev · communism · socialism · democratization · liberalization · pluralism · censorship · propaganda
Quality of being accessible
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- freedom of informationPublic access to state records
public access · visibility · scrutiny · reporting · journalism · media freedom · truth-telling · declassification
Easing of strained relations
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- accordHarmony between parties
- rapprochementReestablishment of harmonious relations
dialogue · negotiation · thaw · ambassador · diplomatic · normalization · disarmament · cooperation
perestroika
Soviet reform initiative
Gorbachev · détente · communism · socialism · democratization · liberalization · pluralism · censorship · propaganda · ideology
openness
Quality of being accessible
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
freedom of information · public access · visibility · scrutiny · reporting · journalism · media freedom · truth-telling · declassification · exposure
détente
Easing of strained relations
rapprochement · dialogue · negotiation · thaw · ambassador · diplomatic · normalization · disarmament · cooperation · exchange
- Eastern EuropePoland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria
- 80sbig hair, mullets, shoulder pads, new wave, synth-pop
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Russian HistorySoviet Union, tsars, Tsarist Russia, Romanov, czars
- Soviet communismLenin, Stalin, Leninism, Bolsheviks, Stalinism
glasnostcensorship
Official content restriction
secrecy · suppression · cover-up · information blackout · media censorship
glasnostrepression
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
Stalinism · totalitarianism · authoritarianism · iron curtain · reaction
glasnostsilence
Total lack of sound
silencing · muzzling · gag order · self-censorship · thought control