The Berlin Wall was built to keep East Germans from seeking a freer, better life in the West. It fell 28 years later when the flow of refugees became too strong to stem.
No wall can save Europe in a globalized world. A commitment to liberty and humanity will.
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Why Estonia’s Not Worried, Despite Its Neighbor to the East
Estonian President Ilves doesn’t like to dwell on the supposed Russian threat to his country after Putin’s annexation of Crimea. His thing is technology.
Why This Ukrainian ‘Revolution’ May Be Doomed, Too
Most Ukrainians wanted their country to be different by now. Even those who didn’t support the Maidan were fed up with living in Europe’s most corrupt country.
Moscow Uses Tanks, Berlin Words in World War II Commemorations
In an irony of history, Germany is now the one country that has the moral authority to bridge the contradictions in remembering World War II.
Germany Finally Seeing Vladimir Putin for Who He Really Is
Ready or not, Angela Merkel has become the West’s unlikely leader of the pro-Ukrainian cause.
Vladimir Putin’s Religious, Ethnic Rhetoric Gets a Little Scary in Russian State-of-the-Union Address
Putin shared no vision of where the country is heading. Instead he looked back, portraying Russia as a besieged fortress since time immemorial.
Ukraine’s War of Independence
To Vladimir Putin’s surprise, his attempt to start a pro-Russian, “anti-Maidan” uprising in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine failed miserably.
Why Putin Took Crimea
Russia’s seizure of Crimea wasn’t an act of an expanding empire but of an archaic regime throwing up a last line of defense against Westernization.
Relief and Fear in a Divided Crimea
“I thought I was working for freedom and human rights,” said Serhiy Kovalsky. “But now I have the feeling that in reality I was working for Putin.”
Barbarians at the Gate
There’s a refugee camp in the center of Berlin filled with people who have fled conflicts around the world. They sleep in tents and eat donated food. Almost all of them are breaking German law just by being here.
