Telephone conference on the “Fall of the Iron Curtain and the Berlin wall”
Speakers:
Jonathan Greenwald, Vice-President of Rublications at the lnternational Crisis Group, Washington, DC, USA
Karsten Jung M.A., University for Political Science and Sociology, Rheinische Fridrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany
Doz. Dr. Wolfgang Mueller, Deputy Qirector of the Austrian Academy of Science (Institute for Modern and Contemporary History), Vienna, Austria
Chair:
Dr. Holger Bielesz, Attorney at Law and Partner, Wolf Theiss, Vienna, Austria
(ABA · SIL Programs Deputy)
Topics:
- Negotiation between Germany and the former Soviet Union
- German unification and the role of US diplomacy
- German perspectives on unification prior to November 9, 1989
- Helmut Kohl's 10 points-program
- The Fall of the Iron Curtain and its milestones throughout the year 1989
- Dramatic changes triggered by the events of 1989
- Contemporary implications