What if… The Berlin Wall Hadn’t Fallen?

Past Present Future podcast with David Runciman

Past Present Future podcast from the London Review of Books

Our counterfactuals series moves forward to 1989: David talks to Lea Ypi about what might have happened if the Berlin Wall hadn’t fallen when it did. Was the night it came down really just one big accident? How long could the East German regime have lasted? And what does the fate of non-European communist states tell us about how it could have gone very differently?

What if… The Berlin Wall Hadn’t Fallen?

The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989. By Lear 21, English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0