Anne Applebaum

Staff writer at The Atlantic. Author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE and TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY

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Last Notes

2026-01-06 15:58:46 GMT

Venezuela’s government is arresting journalists and sending paramilitary forces to suppress anyone who is too happy about Maduro's removal
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/db53b592-55b4-4ec4-8c73-39a0f73b2d8b

2025-10-27 20:18:14 GMT

At a time of multiple international crises, the Pentagon’s official positions will be relayed by Timcast, The Epoch Times, LindellTV and the Gateway Pundit...which means that many people simply won’t believe Pentagon statements at all.
And that might be the point
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/pentagon-press-restrictions-new-media-propaganda/684706/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK33XJXeQPf0zAn-u1f40jN3g

2025-01-02 01:52:30 GMT

If you missed it - start your new year with this excellent Wall Street Journal description of the Russian sleeper agents unmasked last year https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/sleeper-agents-putin-global-hunt-a7978f84?st=BBMjiw&reflink=share_mobilewebshare

2024-12-10 07:36:22 GMT

"As Hemingway once wrote of bankruptcy, the collapse of autocratic regimes tends to happen gradually and then suddenly—slowly, and then all at once." https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/12/sudden-collapse-bashar-assad/680917/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3ztZ_XKRcZaOT8cFQEZBbLw

2024-10-23 18:16:39 GMT

On Trump, his extreme rhetoric, his thing for Hitler and why so many people want to pretend it really isn't that bad. With Jeff Goldberg and Morning Joe
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/jeffrey-goldberg-reflects-on-trump-s-comprehensive-ignorance-of-history-222459461880

2024-09-09 09:46:08 GMT

Let Ukraine strike back
https://www.letukrainestrikeback.com/

2024-05-06 12:00:44 GMT

How Russia, China and other dictatorships around the world have coalesced to promote autocracy - and how some Americans and Europeans help them
Excerpt from my forthcoming book, on the cover of The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/china-russia-republican-party-relations/678271/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3xgKh4wbI9WqxWEqzvYfefo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share