Anne Applebaum's Blog, page 17

Ukrainians are unsatisfied with their revolution. Maybe they’re right.

Perhaps they’re being impatient. Or perhaps their country’s transformation isn’t enough.

Zimbabwe’s coup can’t just end with another strongman

More authoritarianism will only lead to the same dead end.

Why neo-fascists are making a shocking surge in Poland

They are a radical group who suddenly feel enabled and encouraged.

Trump is part of the Saudi story

The crown prince is following Russia and China.That’s a challenge to the West.

100 years later, Bolshevism is back. And we should be worried.

The neo-Bolsheviks among us offer a false and misleading vision of the past.

Totalitarian ideologies never die. Not even in America.

We’re not immune to the messages of Trump and Roy Moore.

Did Russia teach Paul Manafort all its dirty tricks?

He embodies a startling truth: These two countries now share common methods to win elections.

Russia is furious. That means the sanctions are working.

Inside Russia, the belief is growing that Putin’s Ukraine policy was a mistake and has to be amended — the point of the Magnitsky sanctions in the first place.

Why does Putin want to control Ukraine? Ask Stalin.

Russia’s attitude has roots in the revolution — and in the famine that killed 13 percent of Ukrainians.

There might be one good thing about a hard Brexit after all

Anyone dissatisfied with intricate international rules should mind Britain’s coming gamble.