Noun
new political thinking (uncountable)
(politics, historical) The doctrine put forth by Mikhail Gorbachev as part of his reforms of the Soviet Union. Its major elements were international collaboration, priority of universal human interests over the interests of any class, and mutual security based on political rather than military instruments.
Synonym: new thinking
The prospect for the human race is sombre beyond all precedent. Mankind are faced with a clear-cut alternative: either we shall all perish, or we shall have to acquire some slight degree of common sense. A great deal of new political thinking will be necessary if utter disaster is to be averted. Bertrand Russell