Reposted by Ilpo MurtovaaraAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/07/2025This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here' 6425681219
Reposted by Ilpo MurtovaaraAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/06/2025"Every time we go to the polls, politicians will say that every election matters and every vote counts. They will be right" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comEvery Election Is Now ExistentialA nationalist’s narrow victory in Poland offers a preview of many knife-edge contests to come, all across the democratic world. 591845536
Reposted by Ilpo MurtovaaraTimothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Why Trump's appeasement of Putin over Ukraine is both shameful and stupid. And how Europe must respond to Trump's 'Munich' this weekend in Munich @munsecconf.bsky.social @ecfr.eu @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTrump’s senseless capitulation to Putin is a betrayal of Ukraine – and terrible dealmaking | Timothy Garton AshAs the US and its European allies head to the Munich security conference, Europe must learn from its tragic history and oppose appeasement, writes Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash 1218671
Reposted by Ilpo MurtovaaraFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/01/2025Donald Trump increases pressure on Egypt and Jordan to accept Gaza ‘clean out’ plan www.ft.com/content/45aeb5db-d1e3-46…ft.comDonald Trump increases pressure on Egypt and Jordan to accept Gaza ‘clean out’ planUS president could use aid as leverage to ensure countries back his idea of relocating people from enclave 213510
