Garrick Utley, the president of the Levin Institute of the State University of New York, and Rana Foroohar, senior editor of Newsweek’s international edition, join Daljit Dhaliwal to discuss the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and its lasting geopolitical implications. They discuss the history of Berlin and and analyze current U.S. - German relations.
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Week in Review
November 13, 2009
Week in Review: 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall
From the Field
November 10, 2009
Marking the fall of the Wall with music and symbolism
Worldfocus contributor Samuel Loewenberg describes the scene at the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which was marked by music, pageantry and exuberant crowds.
Watch the Show
November 9, 2009
Full Show: November 9, 2009
Watch the full show from Monday, November 9: Worldfocus special -- "One Night That Shook the World." Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, you'll hear how that remarkable day unfolded. Meet the unheralded German border guard who issued the critical order to let the East Germans out.
Interviews
November 9, 2009
Both sides remember the day the Berlin Wall fell down
As a reporter, Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff hitch-hiked overnight to Berlin to cover the story. Daniel Fried was working at the Polish desk at the U.S. State Department when the wall came down. Sergey Shestakov was the chief of staff for the Soviet ambassador to the United Nations.
Signature Video
November 9, 2009
Berliners reminisce about the collapse of the wall
Twenty years later, the residents of Berlin celebrate the historic day that marked the beginning of the end of Communism. Virtually all Berliners remember where they were and what they were doing the day that the wall fell. Mike Kraus, a freelance video journalist, reports from Berlin.
Blogwatch
November 9, 2009
The view from abroad on the end of the Berlin Wall
Read how the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall played out in some parts of the blogosphere today. Worldfocus producer Ivette Feliciano translates Cuban and Venezuelan bloggers, and Worldfocus contributing blogger Vadim Nikitn writes about why the Global South feels nostalgic for the former Soviet Union.
Daily News Brief
November 9, 2009
Today: Salvador mudslides, the Berlin Wall and eco-buses
Top stories from around the world as compiled by the Worldfocus newsroom. Today: Chinese and Korean reactions to the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall; deadly mudslides in El Salvador; and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir stays home.
Signature Series
November 13, 2008
After the Fall: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine
Nearly two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Worldfocus travels to four countries to examine the progress and pains of post-Soviet life.
Signature Video
November 13, 2008
Soviet style hampers a democratic Ukraine
Political progress has come slowly in Ukraine, where new businesses are finding it difficult to escape the Soviet ways.
Signature Video
November 12, 2008
Polish citizens build on anti-Soviet camaraderie
Nearly two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dave Marash travels to the shipyards of Gdansk.
