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German reunification

Parliament buildings over looks the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oct. 28, 2022. 

State reformation: Part I

Critical State

This week’s Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive into what might happen should Ireland and Northern Ireland fall under one government again.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Hungary's President Janos Ader, Poland's President Andrzej Duda, Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova and Czech Republic's President Milos Zeman place roses into a gap at the Wall memorial during a ceremony markin

How a mistake at a press conference helped topple the Berlin Wall

A woman walks along a tall concrete wall

30 years after it fell, the Berlin Wall still divides Germans

A group of four people stare up at a wooden marker

No regrets: East Germans recall attempts to escape Communist state

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl

Helmut Kohl, chancellor who reunified Germany, is dead at 87

Global Politics

California-based Cold War museum tries to preserve reminders of bygone era

For 50-some years, the Cold War dominated life in Russia, Europe and the United State. In the nearly two decades since it ended, though, the physical manifestations of those decades are rapidly disappearing. A museum in California is hoping to hang on to the past and make it real for the future.

Preserving the Cold War in Sunny California

Arts, Culture & Media

We are looking for a museum of Cold War history that has a collection of everything from East German blueprints to Soviet artwork.