The Liberal World Order Is OVER. Here’s Why | Aaron Bastani Meets Anne Applebaum

Sep 8, 2024 | Political scientists agree that we are now living in a multi-polar world. How we might have arrived at this new formation and whether the newly powerful actors on the global stage are inherently problematic, remain areas of much disagreement.

MAGA Is Telegraphing How They'll End Democracy (w/ Anne Applebaum) | The Michael Steele Podcast

Aug 15, 2024 | Michael Steele speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and staff writer at The Atlantic, Anne Applebaum about her new book, "Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World.” The pair discuss the network of countries united by their common interest in maintaining absolute power, the reasons why people are attracted to autocratic regimes, the tactics used by modern autocrats, and the importance of civic engagement in preserving democracy.

Trump Wants to Remodel America: Historikerin Anne Applebaum zu Trumps Politik in den USA - Englisch

Mar 9, 2025 | The USA is “still a democracy”, but Trump and his team are trying to change the rules of the political system, says historian Anne Applebaum.

Die USA seien zwar "immer noch eine Demokratie", aber Trump und sein Team würden versuchen, die Regeln des politischen Systems zu ändern, sagt die Historikerin Anne Applebaum.

'Insulting and Rude': Anne Applebaum Reacts to Vance's 'Random Country' Remark

Mar 4, 2025 | Vice President Vance is facing criticism after declaring that an American economic deal in Ukraine was a “better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years.”

Journalist Describes Trump's Movements as a 'Regime Change' towards Authoritarianism

The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. | Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Historian Anne Applebaum Breaks Down What Trump's Alignment with Russia Means

NPR: President Trump's cozying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin marks a significant departure from decades of U.S. foreign policy.

For years, U.S. policies have been in place to isolate Russia over its full scale invasion of Ukraine, but the Trump administration is now poised to make a deal with the Kremlin to end the war without Ukraine having much of a say.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz held talks with Russian officials last week to begin hammering out a Russia-Ukraine peace deal. Ukrainian officials say they were not invited.

Meanwhile, President Trump is falsely blaming Ukraine, a U.S. ally, for starting the war three years ago. Even before these events, Trump was already showing willingness to treat other allies adversarially, including those from NATO – a partnership formed after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Historian and writer for The Atlantic Anne Applebaum says this departure from traditional U.S. foreign policy is "radical" given that Russia is a daily threat to the rest of Europe. » | Leila Fadel, Arezou Rezvani, Obed Manuel | Monday, February 24, 2025

Two Trump officials decline to say Russia started the war in Ukraine: In recent days, Trump has upended the prior U.S. position by falsely calling Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator” and blaming Ukraine for Russia’s invasion. »

We've Seen This Before, a Conversation with Anne Applebaum

Feb 23, 2025 | Regime change, techno authoritarianism, and the institutions of state

Trump's Problems Mount as He Turns His Back on Allies | Anne Applebaum

Feb 25, 2025 | “Trump has a number of problems that he doesn’t know how to solve."

Trump adds to his problems as he reshapes American foreign policy by abandoning his allies, says staff writer at the Atlantic Anne Applebaum.

Anne Applebaum: westliche Demokratien und ihre neuen Feinde | Sternstunde Philosophie | SRF Kultur

Feb 24, 2025 | Wie wehrhaft sind Europas Demokratien in Zeiten von Putin, Trump, Krieg und Fake News? Gibt es eine globale Achse der Autokraten? Wenn ja, mit welchen Zielen? Ein Gespräch mit der preisgekrönten Historikerin Anne Applebaum über wehrhafte Demokratien, den Preis der Freiheit und die Zukunft Europas.

Februar 2025 – es ist eine Zeitenwende, mit der in dieser Intensität kaum jemand gerechnet hat. Russlands Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine geht ins vierte Jahr. Die Vereinigten Staaten erleben eine Revolution von oben. Das globale Kräftegleichgewicht scheint sich in Richtung Autokratien zu verschieben. Selbst in Europa werden Attraktivität und Funktionstüchtigkeit liberaler Demokratien immer öfter in Frage gestellt. Wie sind diese Entwicklungen zu begreifen, zu deuten, eventuell umzukehren? Welche Methoden wenden autokratische Kräfte an, welche Netzwerke bilden sie aus, welche Motive und Ideologien leiten sie?

Die amerikanisch-polnische Historikerin Anne Applebaum, Trägerin des Friedenspreises des deutschen Buchhandels 2024, setzt sich in ihren Büchern und Publikationen entschieden für die Zukunft liberaler Demokratien ein. Seit Jahrzehnten mahnt die Autorin der 2004 mit dem Pulitzerpreis ausgezeichneten Geschichte des sowjetischen Gulag-Systems vor dem Einfluss des Systems Putins auf das globale Kräftegleichgewicht. Im Gespräch mit Wolfram Eilenberger benennt sie die zentralen politischen wie militärischen Herausforderungen einer Zeit, in der insbesondere Europa zu einer neuen Wehrhaftigkeit zu finden hat.

Sternstunde Philosophie vom 23.02.2025


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How Global Autocrats Will OWN Trump | Anne Applebaum

Jan 13, 2025 | Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer prize winning historian and writer for The Atlantic, joins David to discuss her book Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

'The Fall of Any Dictator Reflects Badly on All Autocracies'

Dec 15, 2024 | Journalist and author Anne Applebaum joins Trevor Phillips to discuss the network of authoritarian states and the issues they pose for the West.

It comes after the Assad regime which ruled over Syria was toppled by rebel forces.

Ms Applebaum says, "the fall of Assad as a blow to the alliance [of Russia, China, Iran etc] - it may mean Putin doubles down on his war in Ukraine."

Trump Kicks Down the Guardrails

Nov 19, 2024 | I’ve been watching since the election to see what timeline we’re in. And Donald Trump’s first wave of selections for appointees were pretty straightforward. But then came the turn: Pete Hegseth, a former “Fox & Friends” host, to helm the Pentagon; Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence; and the real gut-punch, the former representative Matt Gaetz for attorney general.

In the parts of government that can be weaponized most dangerously — the military, the intelligence services, the Department of Justice — Trump is putting true lackeys and loyalists in charge. I fear we’ve entered the bad timeline.

'He's Talking Like Hitler': Anne Applebaum Warns Trump Wants 'Absolute Power' in Second Term

Oct 25, 2024 | On this episode of Press Club, Mediaite’s Aidan McLaughlin sits down with author and staff writer for The Atlantic Anne Applebaum to discuss the rise in authoritarianism across the globe, Donald Trump’s rhetoric, allegations he privately praised Hitler, and what a second Trump term would look like.

Regimes Around the World Are Starting to TEAM UP (w/ Anne Applebaum) | Shield of the Republic

Oct 6, 2024 | Eric and Eliot welcome back Anne Applebaum, Pultizer and Duff Cooper Prize Winning author of Gulag and Red Famine and currently staff writer with The Atlantic and senior fellow at the Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. They discuss Anne's new book Autocracy Inc: The Dictators who Want to Run the World. They examine the threat that autocratic regimes represent to their own citizens at home and to liberal democracy abroad, the West's slowness to recognize the threat that the authoritarians represent, the excessive optimism that (after the end of the Cold War and with the advent of globalization) liberal democratic ideals would triumph without recognizing the danger that authoritarian, illiberal ideas might flow into democracies, whether or not the authoritarians think they are winning and how they measure success, Russia's role in prompting much of the authoritarian offensive and the role of western institutions in facilitating the emergence of Russia as a personalist, authoritarian mafia state, the weaknesses of the authoritarians and how the western democracies might go on the offensive against the political warfare being waged daily by the authoritarians against the democracies, and the effort to obliterate truth and promote hopelessness and cynicism in citizens in democracies and setting them against one another.

Anne Applebaum: Autocracy Is “Infecting U.S. Politics” | Amanpour & Company

Aug 5, 2024 | In a momentous deal struck between Moscow and several Western nations, the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War was concluded last week. Some 24 detainees were returned to their home soil, including American Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Many of those released by Russia were opposition figures imprisoned for criticizing the Kremlin. In her new book, "Autocracy Inc.," journalist Anne Applebaum argues that many of today's dictators collaborate to help keep one another in power. She joins the show to discuss this phenomenon. Originally aired on August 5, 2024

Anne Applebaum Explains Why Putin Is Rooting for Trump & Democracy's Decline | The Warning Podcast

Jan 13, 2024 | Journalist and historian Anne Applebaum joins Steve Schmidt to discuss the rise of authoritarianism and democratic decline, propaganda, myths, and the manipulation of truth in politics. She also explains why Putin is so interested in Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election.

The Instability of American Politics Can't Be Ignored (with Anne Applebaum) | The Bulwark Podcast

Dec 19, 2023 | Anne Applebaum discusses a ray of hope in Europe with the defeat of Poland's authoritarian government, while also contemplating the consequences for NATO and America's place in the world if Trump were to be reelected. Mona Charen sits in for Charlie Sykes.

Anne Applebaum: Orbán Evidence of What a Determined, Anti-democratic Figure Can Do

Dec 19, 2023 | The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum discusses Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán blocking the EU's plan for further aid to Ukraine.

Orbán should be kicked out of the EU. Hungarians belong in the EU, but not under Orbán’s leadership. Orbán is one of Putin’s stooges. – © Mark Alexander

Anne Applebaum: Second Trump Term Would Be a Global Catastrophe | Bulwark Podcast Clip

Dec 19, 2023 | Mona Charen and Anne Applebaum discuss the unique damage Donald Trump could inflict upon the world if he were elected to a second term in the White House.

Hamas Terrorism Echoes Barbaric Playbook from Putin to ISIS, Warns Historian

Oct 11, 2023 | “Hamas terrorists paid no attention to any modern laws of war, or any norms of any kind” in their attacks on Israel, says historian Anne Applebaum, a barbarism that reflects a wider attack on the institutions built to defend human rights after World War II. The Pulitzer winner discusses her essay and the war with MSNBC’s Ari Melber.