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A Fellow Named “Reagan” Should Have Been Thanked At The End As Well . . .

November 14, 2009 – 12:27 pm

But this footage is deeply moving and compelling, nonetheless:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Berlin, Communism, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, Germany, Ronald Reagan, The Fall Of Communism, The Fall Of The Berlin Wall | Comments

The Losing Side

November 12, 2009 – 10:30 am

The great lesson of the anti-communists, both left and right, is that nothing—good or bad—is inevitable; that the totalitarian temptation will always be there; that each generation will have to relearn this lesson; and that each generation will also have to choose whether or not to let it happen.

By Benjamin Kerstein | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Communism, foreign policy, George Orwell, Natan Sharansky, Soviet Union, Whittaker Chambers | Comments

China, Prosperity, and the Berlin Wall

November 11, 2009 – 10:03 am

President Obama heads to China this weekend for a four day trip at a key juncture for the global economy. What are some of the lessons we’ve learned about prosperity and capitalism in the twenty years since the Berlin Wall fell? All this and more on the latest edition of Coffee and Markets.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged Barack Obama, China, Coffee and Markets, Dollar, Podcast, Podcasts, Yuan | Comments

Prosperity and Capitalism After the Berlin Wall

November 11, 2009 – 9:44 am

The fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago this week sparked the beginning of Eastern Europe’s move towards myriad different forms of capitalism. It’s surprising how quickly the next generation has forgotten the depths of communism, and for many of these countries, it’s incredible to see how far they’ve come in twenty years.

By Roger Bate | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Capitalism, Communism, Germany, Prosperity, Soviet Union | Comments

How Did The New York Times Celebrate The Fall Of The Berlin Wall?

November 10, 2009 – 5:51 pm

Poorly.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Berlin, Communism, Don Boudreaux, Don't Know Much About History, Slavoj Zizek, The Fall Of Communism, The Fall Of The Berlin Wall | Comments

Berlin at 20: Neither Impossible Nor Inevitable

November 10, 2009 – 1:26 am

There is a tendency for events that were once chaotic, precarious, and ultimately consequential to seem inevitable once they’re chiseled into our tablets. Today, an equally dismissive approach suggests that those events were inevitable. In fact, they were neither.

By Joshua Stanton | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Barack Obama, Ceausescu, Communism, Czar, foreign policy, History, Ronald Reagan, Trotsky | Comments

The Fall Of The Wall, And The Non-Presence Of The American President

November 9, 2009 – 10:05 pm

I write about the subject in my latest column for the New Ledger.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Berlin, Communism, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, Friedrich Hayek, Germany, Obama Administration, Ronald Reagan, The Fall Of Communism, The Fall Of The Berlin Wall | Comments

Berlin and the Case of the Missing President

November 9, 2009 – 8:13 am

After all his talk of outreach on the global stage, the President’s failure to attend the celebrations of the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is of a piece with his refusal to use the power of the Presidency to advance political liberties around the world.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Afghanistan, anniversary, Barack Obama, Dalai Lama, Germany, Iran, realist, Ronald Reagan | Comments

Andrew O’Hehir And Our “Inordinate Fears” Of Communism

July 6, 2009 – 7:50 am

My latest article for the New Ledger:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Andrew O'Hehir, Boris Yeltsin, Eastern Europe, Fall of Communism, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, History, Ronald Reagan, USSR, Warsaw Pact | Comments

Our “Inordinate Fears” Of Communism

July 6, 2009 – 1:39 am

Nearly twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the end–or at least, the beginning of the end–of the Cold War, it seems that some people are still having trouble processing the lessons of the epic struggle. Not surprisingly, perhaps, one of those people, Andrew O’Hehir, writes for Salon.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Andrew O'Hehir, Boris Yeltsin, Eastern Europe, Fall of Communism, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, History, Ronald Reagan, USSR, Warsaw Pact | Comments

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