*And indeed some of the most sophisticated commentators continued to maintain that nothing had really changed in the bipolar relationship even after Gorbachev introduced perestroika and glasnost and the “new thinking,” because nothing much had changed with respect to the comparison of forces and nuclear arms. These persons were highly dubious of Gorbachev's international proposals. William G. Hyland, The Cold War Is Over (Time Books / Random House, 1990).