Public Policy Fellow, American Academy in Berlin
Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California and Public Policy Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin; author of 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe
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Mary Elise Sarotte
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FROM Mary Elise Sarotte
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It Was 20 Years Ago Today: The Fall of the Berlin Wall It seemed like a fact of geopolitical life that would never change: the Berlin Wall , part of the aftermath of World War II and an unyielding reality of the Cold War. But all that changed in the blink of an eye twenty years ago. In one of the most pivotal moments of the 20th century, the Wall came tumbling down.
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It Was 20 Years Ago Today: The Fall of the Berlin Wall It seemed like a fact of geopolitical life that would never change: the Berlin Wall , part of the aftermath of World War II and an unyielding reality of the Cold War. But all that changed in the blink of an eye twenty years ago. In one of the most pivotal moments of the 20th century, the Wall came tumbling down.
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