World history/WHME103/Developing nations/Contested future

Reading

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What were some of the immediate impacts of the opening of the Berlin Wall?

• What have been some of the longer term impacts?

Robert Lieber, 'A Contested Future', in The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later, US Dept of State, 2009, pp. 13-20.

Reflect on some of the major changes in the last 30 years discussed in this reading by posting a comment on WEnotes. For example:

• Liberal democracy ...

• Challenges ...

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