Will look back but historic night 30 years ago the events that led to the fall of the. Im from welcome to the Program Germany is marking the 30th anniversary of the form of the pearl the wall taking place across the capital with the main event at the Brandenburg Gate on november the night 989 communist east germany lifting travel restrictions and reopen the border checkpoints people to cross freely to the west after decades of repression before the wall was a result of 20 seems a peaceful revolution that led to german reunification with any. Moves. On to the. Theres chief Political Editor i became a vet at the Brandenburg Gate welcome michela whats going. Well well into the tech now after so voted down at the Brandenburg Gate the official celebration is over but now the party is quite seriously all off initially we thought the songs from the east german song royces some of the fish which some people fled from the east across congo. Did they say it is to meet a lot a lot of these summon
Done my pays tribute to Eastern European countries and their role in the events of 989. 00. And of course well look back at that historic night 30 years ago the events that led to the fall of the. Welcome to the Program Germany has been marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the burden war events took place across the capital with a main celebration at the Brandenburg Gate german chancellor Angela Merkel and other european leaders took part in a special ceremony so remember those who died on the east germanys shoot to kill orders against anyone trying to flee to the west this evenings events began with an iconic conductor leaving an iconic concerto in front of an iconic backdrop. Thousands gathered here to celebrate as they did 30 years ago on this date when violence Brandenburg Gate became an unforgettable backdrop to a night that changed the world. In what was a no mans land between east and west the thousands rushed to the landmark to climb atop the wall and make history. At th
I will be the moderator. Senior fellow at the Hudson Institute who put together this panel, which i think is on a key issue. It is talked about a lot, but there arent that many panels about the topic around town. I look forward to this discussion. As i mentioned for the past couple of years, there has been a lot of debate about Multilateral Institutions. And on chinas influence and how that is quickly growing and leading to changes in the fundamental rules of these institutions, and also giving rise to alternatives to the old ones. Arises then,that does that make the institutions that we already have counterproductive to preserving a liberal world order when authoritarian states rise within the institutions and partly take over responsibility for them . Another key issue is the one on fragile states. They seem to be continuously bogged down in poverty, lack of education, etc. Although, we have spent decades on development aid, peacekeeping, etc. From the institutions such as world bank
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