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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026

In DC September 28? Come hear me talk about my @theatlantic.com cover story with Scott Stossel, who edited it. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16/09/2026

Read Mikhal Zygar on Umar Kremlev, the oligarch who helped pay for Don Jr's wedding zygaro.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 28/08/2026

Read Peter Wehner, on the significance of Natalie Harp www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/07/2026

"The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark". A gift link here: lnkd.in/dAYq6ydz

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/06/2026

In 2023, Jeffrey Goldberg and I wrote, among other things, about Ukrainian plans to liberate Crimea in @theatlantic.com. With road and ferry connections to the peninsula now cut off, they seem suddenly more plausible www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/04/2026

From Catherine Belton, on why Vance is going to Budapest www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/03/2026

A transformational shift in public opinion is happening in Germany, France, Canada and the UK, away from the US and towards China www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/03/2026

A Distric Court judge has ruled that Kari Lake was not legally in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, and that actions she took while claiming to be in that role are also not legal, including her attempts to fire people

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/03/2026

Translation: he didn't have enough weapons to fight his war of choice and so he is blaming Ukraine

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/02/2026

Russian embassy, Washington DC. To mark the fourth anniversary of the full scale invasion

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 24/02/2026

On the one hand, the Trump administration is telling Europeans to take care of their own defense. On the other hand, they are supporting leaders and parties who are pro-Russian, opposed to European unity and don't want Europe to defend Ukraine or anything else. Which is the policy?

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/02/2026

There is no reason to believe Trump's foreign policy is designed to benefit America or Americans www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/02/2026

Instead, Kari Lake has badly damaged America's international broadcasters and wasted millions of dollars of taxpayers money www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/01/2026

There is no strategy www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/01/2026

Yes, this was predictable. From October, 2024: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/12/2025

"A place of leisurely afternoons, exquisite paintings, and long conversations in shabby Baroque rooms...." From my essay on Henry James's Venice in @theatlantic.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/12/2025

For a change of pace...I wrote about Henry James's Venice. www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/12/2025

I am a clue, again, in the @nytimes.com crossword puzzle. I guess "Henry's second wife" is too easy

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/12/2025

It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/12/2025

US foreign policy also for sale in the Balkans: "The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans" giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/12/2025

US foreign policy also for sale in the Balkans: "The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans" giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/12/2025

An earlier version of the NSS specifically said that the US should try to pry Italy, Austria, Poland and Hungary away from the EU www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/11/2025

incidentally: If you want @theatlantic.com to email you my stories when they appear...Find my name on the website, click follow and sign up....

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/11/2025

Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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