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

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Donald Tusk, marking the 35th anniversary of Poland's 1989 elections, in Warsaw today

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35 years ago today, June 4, 1989, Poles ousted the communist party in the first partly free elections since WW2. The election set off a chain of events that led to the opening of the Berlin wall. The USSR's European empire had collapsed by the end of the year.
Also on June 4, 1989, the Chinese army fired on Tianamen Square protesters, ending any hope of political change. The massacre helped inspire the Chinese communist party to create the total surveillance state they are completing today.

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On the former Florida deputy sheriff who now manufactures propaganda for Russia
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/business/mark-dougan-russia-disinformation.html

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I am told that the scale of the online anger and threats of violence are off the charts https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/31/tech/threats-doxxing-trump-jurors/index.html

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On the Russian sabotage campaign in Europe
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/26/us/politics/russia-sabotage-campaign-ukraine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.u00.Rj97.FzyZG71EMH5B&smid=tw-share

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Russia's tactics are terrorist tactics, by any legal or moral definition. I wrote this in July, 2022, but after the deliberate targeting of a shopping center and a book warehouse in Kharkiv, it needs to be repeated.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/07/russia-war-crimes-terrorism-definition/670500/

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“There is a battle going on between two worldviews, but the divisions aren’t geographical. They’re in people’s heads.”

I talked to Hannah Rosin about the war in Ukraine, Russian propaganda and more, for Radio Atlantic. Listen here: https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/05/russias-psychological-warfare-against-ukraine/678459/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=true-anthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

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Everyone should read Project Over Zero's report on LGBTQ scapegoating - it's an analysis of how this tactic has been used in authoritarian campaigns around the world

https://www.projectoverzero.org/media-and-publications/decoding-lgbtq-scapegoating

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In her new book, PLURALITY, Audrey Tang, one of the world's most interesting thinkers, argues we can harness digital technology to confront authoritarianism.

Video description here:

https://www.radicalxchange.org/media/announcements/plurality-launch/

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Georgia is now on the front line of the fight against autocracy. On Sunday at noon EST, please join me, Peter Pomerantsev and activists from the region to discuss https://www.eventbrite.com/e/why-mass-protests-in-georgia-matter-far-beyond-its-borders-tickets-907535953467

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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: https://www.americanpurpose.com/articles/a-bout-of-whataboutism/

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Huge protests in Tbilisi tonight against a law that would copy a Russian law against "foreign agents." But they are happening for a more serious reason: Georgians don't want to become part of the Russian world

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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

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Anatomy of a fake
https://www.economist.com/interactive/science-and-technology/2024/05/01/the-truth-behind-olena-zelenskas-cartier-haul
from The Economist

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The GOP’s Pro-Russia Caucus Lost. Now Ukraine Has to Win.

my conversation with Walter Isaacson on Ukraine, Russia, the GOP and more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqBL7Bfh_LY&t=1s

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The pro-Russian caucus inside the GOP was defeated on Saturday. Now it's time for the US and Europe to join forces and win the war

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/republican-ukraine-russia-aid/678150/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK31Myo7gT0JLHWazLZU02WIY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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"Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/20/house-vote-ukraine-israel-aid-johnson/

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Russia's war on evangelical Christians, stunning reporting from Peter Pomerantsev
"By hurting those who practice an “American” religion," he writes, "the Kremlin can claim it is striking against American power—while picking on the powerless."

https://time.com/6969273/russias-war-against-evangelicals/

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On the day Congress is preparing, finally, to vote on aid for Ukraine, read Natalya Gumenyuk on how Ukraine's democracy is adjusting to a state of permanent war
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/brave-new-ukraine

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"My friend, a writer, texted last night from his trench to say a gentle goodbye. His unit is expecting an attack anytime, but they do not have the heavy artillery they need to repel the assault." read Oleksandra Matviichuk, on why Ukrainians keep fighting

https://iwpr.net/global-voices/why-ukraines-fight-must-continue

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Just been told that my upcoming book AUTOCRACY, INC is 25% off to preorder if you are a Barnes and Noble member

today and tomorrow.
code is PREORDER25 at checkout

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/autocracy-inc-anne-applebaum/1144406754?ean=9780385549936

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Russia seeks to "disrupt the domestic politics of the US and European countries, through propaganda campaigns supporting isolationist and extremist policies." This has been clear for a long time, but
Catherine Belton of the Washington Post has the documentation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/17/russia-foreign-policy-us-weaken/

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Heads up! My new book, AUTOCRACY, INC, will be published in July. It describes the network of dictators who work together - to keep themselves in power and to undermine the democratic world. Now that it’s in galleys I think you can pre-order with confidence: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302/autocracy-inc-by-anne-applebaum/

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Why did the US, Europe and others come to the defense of Israel but not Ukraine? Some answers here:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/ukraine-israel-war-comparison/678077/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3_Gfhm8VpX5U6z_y502zz_E&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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How Greece chose the narrow path of liberal reform, and succeeded:

https://open.substack.com/pub/anneapplebaum/p/not-so-delphic?r=177tk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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