FORUM TOPIC

Berlin Wall

  • In this edition

    To mark the 30-year anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, this edition of the Ripon Forum not only looks back at this historic event, but examines the state of democracy around the world today.

  • The Fall of the Wall, 30 Years Later

    A conversation with former Director of National Intelligence and U.S. Ambassador to Germany Dan Coats about the historic events of November 1989 and the state of world affairs today.

  • The State of Freedom Three Decades After the Fall

    To counter freedom’s retreat, we must first recognize that modern authoritarianism is not a passing phenomenon.

  • The Wall has Fallen, but Divisions Remain

    Three decades after the Berlin Wall came down, Germans in the East and West have remained strangers to each other in many respects.