Anniversary
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Then the Federal Service Bureau, formerly the KGB, celebrated the
anniversary
of the founding of its foreign service branch - ie, the spies - a reverie attended by a certain former employee named Putin.
The meeting was meant as a sign of Russia’s new business friendly climate, but the banner hanging over the hall - “Long Live the 80th
Anniversary
of Vladimir Lenin’s GOELRO Plan” - mocked that intent.
An Earth YearSTOCKHOLM – On April 22, the world will mark the 45th
anniversary
of Earth Day, established in 1970 to draw attention to environmental challenges.
Of course, this won't take place before the 50th
anniversary
of Mao's revolution this October, but expect it soon afterwards.
LONDON – Next month will mark the tenth
anniversary
of the global financial crisis, which began on August 9, 2007, when Banque Nationale de Paris announced that the value of several of its funds, containing what were supposedly the safest possible US mortgage bonds, had evaporated.
As this month marks the tenth
anniversary
of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, it may help to go back a decade and pick up the story from there.
The sight of Russian tanks in a neighboring country on the 40th
anniversary
of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia has shown that the temptations of power politics remain.
On this anniversary, with an era of geopolitical tension again descending on the European continent, it is worth reminding ourselves what the new normal has meant for the countries that joined the EU ten years ago – and what it could mean for Ukraine.
Nine days after Vemula’s death, India celebrated the 66th
anniversary
of the adoption of its constitution, which sought to combat the country’s rigid social stratification with the world’s first and most comprehensive affirmative-action program.
January 30 marked the 68th
anniversary
of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, who fought not merely for independence, but also for a more just, equal, and moral India.
That is why, when Serbia was entrusted to lead the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which grew from the Helsinki conference, this year, we were looking forward to celebrating the accord’s many achievements on its 40th
anniversary.
But, with the resurgence of armed conflict in Europe challenging the Helsinki Final Act’s fundamental principles, this
anniversary
has taken on new meaning.
Kofi Annan, on the occasion of the 60th
anniversary
of the United Nations in 2005, attempted to adjust the multilateral institutions of our world to fit its new realities.
Fast approaching is not only the March
anniversary
of last year’s disturbances in Tibet, but also the 50th
anniversary
of the Tibetan unrest in 1959 that led to the exile of the Dalai Lama and his supporters.
Then comes the 20th
anniversary
of the June 4 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square student demonstrations.
As the 90th
anniversary
approaches, China has made great strides in science, but still has a long way to go in terms of democracy.
This year also marks the 50th
anniversary
of the Great Leap Forward, when 20-40 million Chinese died of starvation, as well as the tenth
anniversary
of the government’s ban on Falun gong, an organization of self-claimed religious and meditation practitioners that has challenged the Communist Party’s legitimacy.
For example, the 30th
anniversary
of China’s reform movement and the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States has been a much-celebrated event this January.
More importantly, October will mark the 60th
anniversary
of the founding of the Peoples’ Republic of China, an occasion that the Party will commemorate in grand style.
NATO is in the process of working out a new doctrine that is to be adopted later this month in Washington during the celebrations of NATO's 50th
anniversary.
What was supposed to be a celebration of the 70th
anniversary
of the late Kim Jong-il on April 15, and of the regime’s new beginning under his successor, his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, ended up being a funereal salute.
This year also marks a much less noted anniversary, an occasion on which de Gaulle showed how his rare combination of determination, political skill, and rhetorical ability could be brought to bear to face down determined opposition.
The Unfinished Cold WarMOSCOW – This November will mark the twentieth
anniversary
of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Then, perhaps in 2019, the year that will mark the 100th
anniversary
of the Treaty of Versailles, we may finally bid farewell to the twentieth century.
Anyone following the press in Israel during the
anniversary
celebrations and listening closely to what was said in Jerusalem did not have to be a prophet to understand that matters are coming to a head.
The Ashura riots of last December and the violent suppression of protests during the recent
anniversary
to mark the 31st
anniversary
of the Islamic Revolution were some of the fiercest to date.
The regime’s sharp crackdown ahead of the
anniversary
did not stop thousands from marching in the streets, despite the threat of swift retribution.
Fighting for Life at 60LONDON – European Union heads of state just gathered to celebrate the 60th
anniversary
of the signing of the Treaty of Rome at a time when nativist nationalists are threatening to destroy Europe’s open liberal societies.
Troubling InterventionsPRINCETON – The most noteworthy commemoration of the second
anniversary
of Lehman Brothers’ collapse on September 15, 2008, was Japan’s unilateral currency intervention to depreciate the yen.
But next year the country will celebrate the 20th
anniversary
of the Chapultepec Peace Accords, which ended its decade-long civil war.
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