Poland’s New Golden Age
Though the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 did not bring about the perpetual peace and prosperity that some imagined, it did set in motion some true success stories. One of the most impressive is Poland’s rise as a political and economic heavyweight in Europe.
FRANKFURT – Today’s world is not the stable, post-historical place some had imagined in 1989, when the Iron Curtain fell and communist rule in Eastern Europe came to an end. But, though the events of 1989 did not bring about perpetual peace and prosperity, they did set in motion some true success stories.