Anne Applebaum: Why Michael Flynn was undone by a phone call
OpinionColumnsDuring a normal transition, at the beginning of a normal presidency, nobody would be surprised if the newly appointed national security adviser... Read more The Washington Post Photos...
View ArticleAnne Applebaum: Donald Trump isn’t fit to be president
OpinionColumnsWe live in an age that denigrates knowledge, dislikes expertise and demonizes experts. But now we have proof that experts are sometimes... Read more Washington Post columnist Photos Anne...
View ArticleAnne Applebaum: Theresa May’s landslide is sliding away
OpinionColumnsWe are days away from the British parliamentary elections on Thursday. I’m not going to predict the result, but it’s already clear... Read more National columnist Photos Anne Applebaum
View ArticleAnne Applebaum: How Trump helped defeat Theresa May
OpinionColumnsI don’t want to exaggerate Donald Trump’s importance in last Thursday’s snap election in Britain: This was an election about the British... Read more Photos Anne Applebaum
View ArticleAnne Applebaum: The real threat to the west
OpinionColumnsJust over a week has passed since President Donald Trump offered, in Warsaw, a very particular defense of western civilization. He praised... Read more Photos Anne Applebaum
View ArticleAnne Applebaum: The threat from artificial intelligence may already be here
OpinionColumnsYou know the scenario from 19th century fiction and Hollywood movies: Mankind has invented a computer or a robot that has taken... Read more Photos Anne Applebaum
View ArticleAnne Applebaum: Getting very close to evidence of collusion
OpinionColumnsWe now know the motives. In backing Donald Trump, Russia’s oligarchical class sought not only to disrupt U.S. politics but also to... Read more Photos Anne Applebaum
View ArticleAnne Applebaum: Germany’s election gives the country a reality check
OpinionColumnsPerhaps it’s a useful dose of realism: As it turns out, Germany is not so exceptional after all. It’s true that German... Read more Photos Anne Applebaum
View ArticleAnne Applebaum: Fresh fodder for Internet demagogues
OpinionColumnsThe rhetoric of division has always been with us. My tribe against yours; your group against his; our gang against theirs. Historically,... Read more Photos Anne Applebaum
View ArticleAnne Applebaum: How authoritarians are using Trump’s rhetoric
OpinionColumnsIf you have become numbed to President Donald Trump’s constant attacks on the media, if you have lost interest in which networks... Read more Photos Anne Applebaum
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