italian journalist, annalisa piras. author and long—time correspondent for die welt, thomas kielinger. political commentator alexander nekrassov. 9th november 1989. the day the berlin wall came down. those who poured across made history, others watched and wept. ‘europe whole and free‘ proclaimed the united states. some observers heralded the end of history, a conclusive victory for western liberal democracy. but three decades on, is europe still celebrating? that is the question we will consider but before we do that, thomas started off by giving your recollection of that day, because you were already halfway through your adult life and indeed the wall had been there for all of your life up had been there for all of your life up until that point. so when you sort come down, how did you feel?” felt throughout, a must see. i participated in the bbc newsnight programme the night after it fell, asking a east german dissident and myself what i thought of the uniting of the country. i was honest and saidi of the coun

annalisa is right to point out that barack obama annalisa is right to point out that ba rack 0bama started annalisa is right to point out that barack obama started the pull— back. i don't think american society has fully come to grips with what the invasion of iraq was. it is hard to acce pt invasion of iraq was. it is hard to accept failure. then came the crash. we don't have money, and here we are paying for nato, more than most members, who weren't meeting their target of 2% of gdp, and trump weaponised that point of view. in 2016, he campaigned on it, and whatever you think of him, he keeps his broad promises. he said he was going to insist that nato members met at least their financial commitments, and just over the last 72 hours, this is what has happened. i think he doesn't care. i don't think he can think strategically. i think he can think strategically. i think he can think strategically. i think he thinks tactically, what will get me through the next set of tweets. i don't think he has an overview. do you think his allies could sort it by coming up with the 296? germany is inc

italian journalist, annalisa piras. author and long—time correspondent for die welt, thomas kielinger. political commentator alexander nekrassov. 9th november 1989.

my guests this week: iranian journalist nazenin ansari, italian film maker annalisa piras, and michael goldfarb, american host of the frdh podcast. we are one guest down this week due to illness, so the other three will have to do more heavy lifting for me. there are conflicting accounts of how many people have died and how many have been arrested in iran in the past fortnight. what started as a wave of protest against rising petrol prices seems to have turned into a wider howl of outrage against crushing inflation and unemployment. its the biggest show of public defiance to iran s ayatollahs in a decade and they don t like it. nor can they like what they see in neighbouring iraq, or lebanon, both countries where tehran now exerts huge influence and both of which are also convulsed by public protest.

italian journalist, annalisa piras. author and long—time correspondent for die welt, thomas kielinger. political commentator alexander nekrassov. 9th november 1989. the day the berlin wall came down. those who poured across made history, others watched and wept. ‘europe whole and free' proclaimed the united states. some observers heralded the end of history, a conclusive victory for western liberal democracy. but three decades on, is europe still celebrating? that is the question we will consider but before we do that, thomas started off by giving