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title: "Fall Of The Berlin Wall – 30 Years On"
author: "Chris Berg"
date: "2019-11-06"
url: "https://chrisberg.org/media/fall-of-the-berlin-wall-30-years-on/"
show: "The Looking Forward Podcast"
video: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmCWX6mSBXk"
source: "https://ipalookingforward.podbean.com/e/ep-42-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-30-years-on/"
topics: "World politics and foreign policy"
---

# Fall Of The Berlin Wall – 30 Years On

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What led to the remarkable fall of the Berlin Wall nearly thirty years ago and the collapse of the Soviet Union just two years later?