The Ghosts of Promises Past: Russia, the West, and a World on the brink
By Lucas Fernandez, World-Today-News.com
The images of the Berlin Wall falling are etched in history, a symbol of a world irrevocably changed. But revisiting that moment, and the immediate aftermath, reveals a complex web of assurances and shifting power dynamics that continue to resonate today. The question then, as now, is simple: does the United States keep its promises? And if so, will it?
Few remember the context surrounding those jubilant demolition days in 1989. The opening of the border between East and West Berlin wasn’t merely symbolic. East Berlin announced its citizens coudl freely cross, a seismic shift that signaled the unraveling of the Soviet