Anne Applebaum's Blog, page 18

If Russia can create fake ‘Black Lives Matter’ accounts, who will next?

Russia is just the meddler of the moment, and things will worsen until policymakers act.

Is it Britain’s turn for revolution?

There’s a fervor in the air from the political left and right — and maybe more to come.

Las Vegas and the Catalan referendum are fresh fodder for Julian Assange and other Internet demagogues

Thanks to social media, anybody can enter into anybody else’s national, regional or personal quarrel and seek to make it worse.

A Brit’s speech in an American election takes a Stalinist turn

Terms such as “enemy within” featured at Nigel Farage’s rally for Roy Moore in Alabama.

Germany’s election gives the country a reality check

As a far-right party enters its Parliament, Germany now becomes one of a team of countries fighting similar problems, rather than a disinterested outsider.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s fall from the pedestal is an old story

Why are we surprised at the crisis in Burma? It’s a familiar power struggle.

Merkel can’t ignore the far-right echo chamber

The next chancellor of Germany must reach out to alienated, non-centrist voters.

All the worst lies about Brexit are about to be revealed

British and U.S. voters have the rare chance to watch their elected politicians confront false promises in real time.

The case for Trump-Russia collusion: We’re getting very, very close

We now know the motives. We know the methods, We know what happened next.

What a hurricane tells us about local news

There’s a reason authoritarian states dislike local reporting.