Anne Applebaum's Blog, page 28

After Brussels, the West must reject dangerous isolationism

Donald Trump and the UK Independence Party deliver the same small-minded, shortsighted message.

The headlines are wrong: Angela Merkel’s rule is not in doubt

But while her country backs her support of refugees, the rest of the continent doesn’t.

Is this the end of the West as we know it?

We may be two or three bad elections away from the end of the liberal world order.

Donald Trump’s campaign of conspiracy theories

Trump has risen in part because of his embrace of dangerous conspiracy theories.

The U.K. leaving the European Union could mean the end of both of them

A Brexit would send shock waves across the E.U., and boost the Scottish independence movement.

No, Iran is not ‘opening up’

The nuclear deal and the lifting of sanctions herald a diplomatic change, but the nature of the regime has not altered.

Today’s winners may be tomorrow’s losers

History shows that certain victory is hardly ever certain.

Mark Zuckerberg should spend $45 billion on undoing Facebook’s damage to democracies

The CEO could help bring civilized, reality-based debate back into the public discourse.

How Turkey confounded Putin’s favorite narratives

To which story does the downing of a Russian military jet belong: a NATO plot — or a terrorist scheme?

Europe’s refugee crisis swells into an emergency

The E.U. must reassert control over its outer borders and create migrant processing centers at entry points.