Twenty years ago today, the foreign ministers of Austria and Hungary cut through the border fence that separated their two countries. This simple gesture marked the beginning of the end of the Iron Curtain and two generations of East-West division. Soon afterwards, the Berlin Wall fell, and European and American leaders adopted the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, boldly declaring "a new era of democracy, peace and unity" for our region.
This is certainly an anniversary worth celebrating, for...
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