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120,000 Ribbons Wave Across the Former Footprint of the Berlin Wall in an Installation Marking 30 Years Since the Peaceful Revolution Cold War

120,000 Ribbons Wave Across the Former Footprint of the Berlin Wall in an Installation Marking 30 Years Since the Peaceful Revolution

On November 9, 1989, German officials decided to allow residents of Communist East Germany to cross over and visit the Western, democratic half of the divided country. Though the complex process of physically and ideologically reunifying the country took abou…
bubmag
November 13, 2019
A Post-Post-Cold-War NATO Cold War

A Post-Post-Cold-War NATO

U.S. soldiers attend welcoming ceremony for NATO troops near Orzysz, Poland, in 2017. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters) The U.S.-led alliance has been very successful for most of a century. Now what?It is a bit rich to hear French president Emmanuel Macron announce th…
bubmag
November 13, 2019