I talked to Tim Miller of The Bulwark, mostly about Russian and Chinese propaganda, but also about Slovak assassins, Georgian protests and why maybe it's time to have a confirmation process for the wives of Supreme Court judges
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A new working group has been convened to both protect and reform the US civil service, which is likely to be a target if Trump wins. Read about their ideas here: protectandreformourcivilservice.org

📣We sold out, so have just added tickets to Georgia at the Crossroads Coda Story event happening SUNDAY 12 ET. With Anne Applebaum peter pomerantsev Tatusha arveladze Gia Japaridze Tornike Gordadze Mariam Nikuradze Hanna Liubakova Slobodan Djinovic Egor Kuroptev Availability limited, register now

Ahead of Mexico’s upcoming election, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is going to great lengths to ensure that his party, Morena, remains in power—and the country’s democracy is suffering as a result, writes Denise Dresser.
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Today's pod Anne Applebaum: On RUS/China's propaganda war. An update from Slovakia, Georgia, & Ukraine. Plus our 1/6 sympathizing SCOTUS justice spouses.

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China is unlikely to liberalize after Xi Jinping. Instead, power will probably pass to a Chinese Putin—a now anonymous security state apparatchik who understands how to wield power in the system.
My latest in The Hill w/ T. Sexton American Foreign Policy Council & Keough School of Global Affairs
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Georgia is now a front line in the global battle against rising authoritarianism. On Sunday, join Anne Applebaum, peter pomerantsev, natalia antelava and journalists and activists from the region for a conversation exploring why Georgia's fight is so significant. eventbrite.com/e/why-mass-pro…

The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel nytimes.com/2024/05/16/mag…

The press had increasingly taken to referring to the Serious Fraud Office as the “Serious Farce Office”.

1843 magazine looks at why Britain is so bad at prosecuting white-collar crime econ.st/4bypX1M

💥444 obtained an internal report by the head of Hungary's signals intelligence agency, written in September 2021, proving that everything I reported back in March 2022 on how Russian hackers infiltrated our MFA was true. And that the Orbán government lied, and covered it up.

Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant just gave an extraordinary statement publicly calling out Netanyahu for refusing to commit to a post-war plan for Gaza, and demanding that he commit to non-Hamas Palestinian governance for Gaza, as opposed to Israeli settlement or occupation.

UK readers! you can now pre-order my new book, Autocracy Inc, from Waterstones and if you use the code AUTOCRACY25 you get a discount...

Georgians are protesting a law on 'foreign agents.' Abigail Skalka explains where this law came from, and how it resembles laws in Russia and other autocracies: americanpurpose.com/articles/a-bou…

Kapitalny artykuł Anne Applebaum , być może najlepszy spod jej ręki, jaki czytałem. Przeczytajcie i spójrzcie na polityczną formację Jarosława Kaczyńskiego z szerszej perspektywy. Warto.
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Here's my latest piece - on the turmoil in #Georgia 🇬🇪. Thinking today of all my friends in Tbilisi and elsewhere in that marvelous country. #Georgia Protests #foreignagentslaw

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The US de-escalation doctrine has failed

Russia’s attempts to escalate the conflict in Ukraine are becoming increasingly evident. It has launched a new offensive north of Kharkiv, while Zelensky now warns of significant activity further north in Sumy and Chernyhiv 1/

An incredibly important article, heralding 'Autocracy, Inc.,' an incredibly important book.
Anne Applebaum 2/2
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