The old battle between Christian Democrats and Social Democrats is now meaningless, not least because the social structures that underlay those parties, the church and the unions, have faded away. Nationalists and populists understood this change earlier; now the rest… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Quite a lot has been written, including by me, about the effect of social media on politics, and in particular the way in which… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
After Trump became president, it was really too late to investigate his dodgy investments in Azerbaijan or his links to Russian money laundering. Those… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
If Reagan and John Paul II were linked by anything, it was a grand, ambitious, and generous idea of Western political civilization, one in… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
Until the attack on Pearl Harbor, isolationism was an important, even dominant strand in U.S. politics. After the Second World War, this strand disappeared,… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
The U.S.S.R. was a totalitarian state in which judges and prosecutors were controlled by the ruling party. The result was injustice, oppression and corruption. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
One knows, of course, that Donald Trump behaves differently from the leaders of other countries, especially the leaders of other Western democracies. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
As a nation, we are not good at long-term planning, and no wonder: Our political system insists that every president be allowed to appoint… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
Amazingly, quite a few people, even some American conservatives, are taken in by Russian tactics. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
Like wealth, or health, political freedom may simply be something that people don't value if they've always had it. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
Unlike most European countries, the police in the US are decentralized; even the FBI has regional offices. Amending the constitution is a long and… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
The hard truth is that Trump was not exceptional. He was just another amoral Western businessman, one of many whom the ex-KGB elite have… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
Politics in Slovakia had long been a battle between egotistical men. Caputova sought to be the anti-ego alternative. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
European security may now depend on Germany, France, Britain and one or two others, and it's better to start planning now for the possibility… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
Americans might not want to intervene in the outside world, but the outside world will still want to intervene in America. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
Romney was an excellent businessman with a strong record as a public servant - whereas Trump inherited wealth, went bankrupt more than once, created… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share
