Anne Applebaum

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  • Oct 21, 2024
    When I began working on the history of the Soviet Union, in the 1990s, survivors and historians alike were free to speak as they wished. Many of them felt as if a new Russia...
  • Apr 22, 2024
    It’s not too late, because it’s never too late. No outcomes are ever preordained, nothing is ever over, and you can always affect what happens tomorrow by making the...
  • Jan 27, 2024
    As I write this I am in Warsaw, 170 miles from Poland’s border with Ukraine. The front line, where Ukrainians are right now fighting and dying, is another 450 miles beyond...
  • Jan 11, 2024
    On December 29, Russia launched the largest missile attack against Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion.