Information on
"Human Rights"
and
"Former Soviet Bloc"
November 2010
May 2004
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May 2004
Conflict in Kyrgyzstan?
Author: Michele E. Commercio
Publisher:
Kennan Institute /
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS)
The author of this paper argues that various phenomena within certain Soviet successor states emphasize the need to reevaluate the definition of conflict, shifting the focus from process to outcome. More on «Conflict in Kyrgyzstan?»
June 1987
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12 Jun 1987
Tear Down This Wall
Author: Ronald Reagan
This publication is a transcript of the speech given by US President Ronald Reagan to the people of West Berlin in June 1987, two years prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. More on «Tear Down This Wall»
January 1977
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6 Jan 1977
Declaration of Charter 77
Author: Václav Havel, Jan Patočka, Zdeněk Mlynář, Jiří Hájek, Pavel Kohout
Charter 77 is petition, in which Czechoslovakian intellectuals urged the government to observe human rights as outlined in the Helsinki Accords of 1975. More on «Declaration of Charter 77»