On November 15th, The Heritage Foundation hosted a distinguished panel of speakers who looked back at the fall of the Soviet Union 20 years afterwards. Video & Audio versions are available.
The Panel addressed:
- Why the Soviet Union fell
- Why the world was surprised by its collapse
- What has become of its empire in the last two decades
- What and why mistakes were made by Sovietologists and journalists
- Why those mistakes need to be understood by future generations of experts and citizens
- Lee Edwards Distinguished Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
- Richard Pipes Baird Professor Emeritus of History, Harvard University
- David Satter Senior Fellow, The Hudson Institute
- Mike Gonzalez Vice President of Communications, The Heritage Foundation
- Ariel Cohen Senior Fellow for Russian and European Studies, The Heritage Foundation
Ms. Harlow, absolutely great stuff. thx for your effort to put this together. Raises the level of informed discourse. My thx to John S. for his recommendation to go to your blog post. cheers, Mo
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