1989

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, David Held, Alia Brahimi | 14 February 2011 |

tags: 1989, Egyptian revolution, Middle East

Despite notable parallels to the fall of the iron Curtain, the path ahead for today's popular movements in the Middle East is more uncertain.

Fred Halliday | 09 November 2009 |

tags: 1989, Communism, Eastern Europe

While the break-up of the Soviet empire brought freedom to Eastern Europe, elsewhere the consequences were often destructive and deadly.

Francis Phillips | 04 November 2009 |

tags: 1989, Eastern Europe, Soviet Union

Lenin was an expert in kindling revolutions, but he would have been puzzled by the one which took place in 1989 in Eastern Europe. 

Vytautas Landsbergis | 16 October 2009 |

tags: 1989, Communism, Lithuania

A MercatorNet exclusive: the first head of state of Lithuania after the break-up of the Soviet Union recalls the heady days of 1989.

Bryan P. Bradley | 15 October 2009 |

tags: 1989, Communism, Eastern Europe

Twenty years after the demolition of the Berlin Wall, where has all the euphoria gone?