Anne Applebaum
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Illustration by Oliver Munday. Sources: Sven Creutzmann / … The Bad Guys Are Winning
If the 20th century was the story of slow, uneven progress toward the victory of liberal democracy over other ideologies—communism, fascism, virulent nationalism—the 21st century is, so far, a story of the reverse.
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Wojtek Radwanski / AFP / Getty A Dictator Is Exploiting These Human Beings
Belarus’s ruler has used asylum seekers to destabilize the EU. And he’s not the only one profiting politically from their misfortune.
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Selcuk Acar / NurPhoto / Getty; Chip Somodevilla … Tucker Carlson Is Stirring Up Hatred of America
His new documentary is designed to sow mistrust of the country’s most important institutions.
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Marc Roussel The French Intellectual Who Refuses to Look Away
Rich societies were turning inward even before the pandemic, but Bernard-Henri Lévy won’t let them ignore atrocities elsewhere.
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Source: Guildhall Library & Art Gallery / Heritage … The New Puritans
Social codes are changing, in many ways for the better. But for those whose behavior doesn’t adapt fast enough to the new norms, judgment can be swift—and merciless.
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Moises Saman / Magnum Liberal Democracy Is Worth a Fight
Not all battles can be won with language, arguments, conferences, or diplomacy.
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Getty ; The Atlantic Tucker Carlson’s Self-Loathing International Tourism
Why the Fox News host—and other conservatives who dislike today’s America—happily assumed roles in an autocrat’s public-relations campaign
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The MyPillow Guy Really Could Destroy Democracy
In the time I spent with Mike Lindell, I came to learn that he is affable, devout, philanthropic—and a clear threat to the nation.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Democracies Don’t Try to Make Everyone Agree
Marxist literary scholars and popularizers of critical race theory have one thing in common with certain GOP commentators: a tendency to see their own view of the world as the only valid one.
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Abir Sultan / AFP / Getty; Joe Raedle … Democracy Is Surprisingly Easy to Undermine
Politicians around the world are borrowing Trump’s “Stop the Steal” tactics. These false fraud allegations are profoundly dangerous.
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Michal Fludra / NurPhoto / Getty / The … The Disturbing New Hybrid of Democracy and Autocracy
In Poland and elsewhere, rulers—and the oligarchs who help them—have figured out how to create a one-party state without the hassle of staging a coup.
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Artur Widak / NurPhoto / Getty / Mindaugas … Other Regimes Will Hijack Planes Too
If Belarus gets away with it, authoritarian dictators around the world will have a new tool of oppression.
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Babuskinsky District Court Press Service / AP Navalny Has a Lesson for the World
The Russian opposition leader is showing what courage means.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic What America’s Vaccination Campaign Proves to the World
The U.S. stumbled early in the pandemic, but the vaccine rollout could reboot the country’s image.
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BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty The Science of Making Americans Hurt Their Own Country
A new report lays bare why Russian disinformation succeeds.
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Illustration by Yoshi Sodeoka; images by Universal History … How to Put Out Democracy’s Dumpster Fire
Our democratic habits have been killed off by an internet kleptocracy that profits from disinformation, polarization, and rage. Here’s how to fix that.
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Getty / Paul Spella / The Atlantic A Real Place Deserves Real Rights
Statehood for Washington, D.C., is a matter of justice.
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The Atlantic Frustration Is Spreading Faster Than the Vaccine Is
America’s distribution plan is no more fair or logical than a Soviet-style queue for cabbage.
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Craig Ruttle / Redux Coexistence Is the Only Option
Millions of Americans sympathize with the Capitol insurrection. Everyone else must figure out how to live alongside them.
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Alex Wong / Getty Europeans Recognize Trumpism for What It Is
The foreign minister of tiny Luxembourg called the president a “pyromaniac,” and the criticism was too much for Mike Pompeo.
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