Cold War Reflections and Today's Realities
Experts recall how the the United States envisioned its role in a post-Soviet world two decades ago when the Berlin Wall fell and whether...
Speakers: James M. Goldgeier, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Relations, Council on Foreign Relations; Coauthor, America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11
Robert M. Kimmitt, Senior International Counsel, WilmerHale; Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (1989-91) and U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1991-93)
Presider: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, CFR.org; Former Foreign Editor, The New York Times (1989-96)
November 16, 2009
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