I was a wide-eyed freshman in college sitting in an evening class in November 1989 when we heard the incredible news. The Berlin Wall had been breached! We sat glued to the TV for the rest of night, watching as jubilant Germans clambered up the wall and stood astride it, their euphoria infectious.
As the wall fell, so did our notions of the existing world order. My generation had grown up with the Cold War. It had shaped our world view and our understanding of global politics and power. If the wall could fall, anything was possible.
Were we impossibly naïve? …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
