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Trump has the attention span of a gnat. It’s destroying our foreign policy.

If it doesn’t fit on his wide-screen TV, he’s just not interested.

Anne Applebaum answers your questions about the rise of Spain’s Vox party

Readers asked Applebaum about her Opinions Essay on Spain's far-right movement. Here are her responses.

¿Qué hay detrás del auge de Vox? Polarización, tecnología y una red global

Vox es un fenómeno español y también parte de una ola internacional. Solo hace falta ver sus estrategias de comunicación y financiamiento.

¿Qué hay detrás del auge de Vox? Polarización, tecnología y una red global

Vox es un fenómeno español y también parte de una ola global. Solo hace falta ver sus estrategias de comunicación y financiamiento.

Want to build a far-right movement? Spain’s Vox party shows how.

Vox blazed across the Internet, dividing its country. Now it’s in parliament.

Why was Trump so afraid of the Mueller investigation? We may never know.

That’s just one big question the report leaves unanswered.

Russia is cultivating Germany’s far right. Germans don’t seem to care.

The scandal is part of a larger geopolitical shift in Central Europe.

Ukrainians are trying to figure out where the sitcom stops and the election begins

A comedian is leading his rivals in the race for the presidency.

Theresa May was warned about Brexit. She didn’t listen.

The Brexit catastrophe is a textbook case of politicians ignoring intelligent advice.

France’s yellow vests highlight a gap between policy and how it’s perceived

The gilets jaunes pose a challenge for those who believe that politics should be about policies, not emotions.