Next week’s thirtieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s collapse will be less a moment to celebrate democracy’s improbable Cold War triumph and more a time to confront the even more difficult contest ahead with a more formidable competitor.
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Tourists in 2015 take a selfie in front of a still-existing stretch of the Berlin Wall. The mural painting "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love" by Russian painter Dmitri Vrubel depicts the kiss between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (L) and East German leader Erich Honecker. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, leading to Germany's reunification in 1990 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
