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
