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The Fall of the Wall Revisited PS25 The Fall of the Wall Revisited
Nov 4, 1999To commemorate its founding 25 years ago, PS will be republishing over the coming months a selection of commentaries written since 1994.
In the following commentary from 1999, Helmut Kohl offers his reflections on the tenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall – and pays tribute to the “singular courage” of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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The Fall of the Wall Revisited
Nov 4, 1999
To commemorate its founding 25 years ago, PS will be republishing over the coming months a selection of commentaries written since 1994.
In the following commentary from 1999, Helmut Kohl offers his reflections on the tenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall – and pays tribute to the “singular courage” of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Project Syndicate celebrates its 25th anniversary with PS 25, a collection of our hardest-hitting commentaries so far.
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