Mary Elise Sarotte

Public Policy Fellow, American Academy in Berlin

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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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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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