When the Soviet banner was lowered over the Kremlin on December 25, 1991, and replaced by the old Russian flag, it was widely celebrated as the fall of communism. Many assumed that this would lead to the “end of history” and to the dawn of a new world order based on the principles of political democracy and economic freedom. But the end of a political system should not necessarily lead to the demise of the country that employed it. And in truth, the Soviet Union was brought down not so much by economic crisis or ideological disillusionment following the end …read more
Source: The American Interest
