Posts Tagged ‘20th Anniversary’
Fri Aug 19, 2011 14:18 GMT |
Today, August 19, marks 20 years since the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union. Although it could be argued that the USSR was already collapsing well before August 19, 1991, it’s also fair to say that the coup attempt by hardliners that took place on that day to preserve the Union ultimately hastened… [Read more]
Tags: 20th Anniversary, Boris Yeltsin, China, collapse of Soviet Union, coup, Donald James, Fall of the Russian Empire, Mikhail Gorbachev, Natalya Roginova, North Caucasus, Siberia, USSR, Vladimir Putin
Posted in: Book Review, Emerging Europe, General, Geopolitics, oil and gas, Political Risk
Mon Nov 9, 2009 17:46 GMT |
The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of Communism in Europe was probably inevitable, given the inability of the Communist system to compete economically with the West. We now hear that communism was ‘unsustainable’ and I largely agree, but at the same time I don’t think it was inevitable that the Berlin Wall… [Read more]
Tags: 20th Anniversary, cold war, consequences, Fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany, Gorbachev, historical context, implications, Pope John Paul II, ramifications, Reagan, Soviet Union, USSR
Posted in: Emerging Europe, General, Geopolitics, Political Risk
Thu Nov 5, 2009 15:49 GMT |
On Monday, November 9, much of Europe will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the catalyst it provided for the collapse of Communism on the continent. BMI’s Justin Patrie explains the significance of this event for Emerging Europe, and what the outlook is for the next 20 years… [Read more]
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Tags: 20th Anniversary, Balkans, Baltic States, Berlin Wall, CEE, Communism, convergence, Czech Republic, Emerging Europe, financial crisis, Hungary, Poland, political dislocation
Posted in: Emerging Europe, General, Geopolitics, Podcast, Political Risk