My previous book called 1989, the struggle to create post cold war europe. These books are in the reverse order. 1989 talks about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall. The collapse is actually about the fall of the berlin wall. So the new book is a prequel to my previous book. So how did that happen . This book is about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall, and when i did book talks like this one, id say, im here to talk about the Foreign Policy that followed the accidental opening of the berlin wall. And often i would not even get to that sentence. Somebody would interrupt me and say, timeout. What do you mean the accidental opening of the berlin wall . That was the polite version. Sometimes i also got, youre an historian. Dont you know that president reagan opened the berlin wall . When he went to berlin in june of 1987 and said, mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall, that the wall opened . I got that question so many time is realized that
Now on bbc news peter taylor meets, the real derry girls. Derry, or londonderry. Famous for its murals, notorious for its troubles, and now celebrated in the Television Series derry girls. Ive been talking to the real derry girls, who, like their tv counterparts, are gutsy, funny, and brave. Im sinead, iwas counterparts, are gutsy, funny, and brave. Im sinead, i was born in the bogside in 1981. Im the only participant in the derry girls. They couldnt have the bus across the street like the ira wanted. They we re street like the ira wanted. They were going to shoot them. street like the ira wanted. They were going to shoot them. I am 10096 were going to shoot them. I am 100 a derry girls. I get quite a lot of stick, thats why i love them all l man and his wife and child were injured in the obama. My families experienced the troubles, and his cousin was murdered on bloody sunday. That was the worst experience we had during the troubles. Injured in the bombing. Derry has been part of my w
Guatemala battle Climate Change and poachers to save rare animal species. Of Iraqs Parliament has accepted the resignation of the Prime Minister and his entire cabinet but. These government will continue to serve and i can take a capacity until the president appoints a new leader of the mad he handed in his resignation to m. P. s on saturday but his decision to step down has done little to calm protesters who are demanding a complete overhaul of the system they blame the government for widespread corruption high unemployment and Poor Public Services more than 400 people have already died in the protests which began in october give the latest now from simona fulton who is live in baghdad so simona the parliament is accepted the Prime Ministers resignation so somethings changed at the same time it hasnt because he and his cabinet remain there for now. Well that is correct and 1st of all this entire process was constitutionally very wake it was very vague it was not clear at all whether t
Climate. I am a visiting professor at harvard, and it was great to be at harvard and be in the Cambridge Community while i wrote this book so many great resources that helped me to rite this book. I have been asked a number of times about the origins of this book. The reasons i wrote it. And that actually has to do with my previous book called 1989, the struggle to create post cold war europe. These books are in the reverse order. 1989 talks about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall. The collapse is actually about the fall of the berlin wall. So the new book is a prequel to my previous book. This book is about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall, and when i did book types id say, im here to talk about the Foreign Policy that followed the accidental opening of the berlin wall. And often i would not even get to that sentence. Somebody would interrupt me and say, timeout. What do you mean the accidental opening of theber win wall . That wa
Track with the reality of how we have treated immigrants . Dr. Kraut the history of immigration in the u. S. Doesnt track at all with emma lazaruss wonderful quotation. It has been a lovehate relationship. In the 19th century, there was a popular immigrant saying, america beckons but americans repel. That is more accurate as to how our relationship with immigration has been in the United States. A great irony is that emma lazarus wrote the poem in 1883, and one year before, in 1882, the u. S. Passed the chinese exclusion law, excluding chinese laborers from coming to the u. S. In the years after that, increasingly restrictive legislation was passed. We want immigrants to calm, we beckon them with opportunity to take jobs as skilled, semiskilled, unskilled labor to build our country, construct our economy, but after they get here, frequently they are the object of scorn, they are discriminated against, they suffer some of the worst acts of prejudice imaginable. This is a very complicate