Anne Applebaum

Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.

Once U.S. money starts flowing again, the dynamics of the war will change.

There are lessons for other nations in the events of the past few days.

Vladimir Putin staged an elaborate charade—so why did some Western media outlets play along?

Following a grim tradition, a brave Russian human-rights advocate speaks out before being sent to prison.

The former president isn’t in office—but is still dictating U.S. policy.

Even behind bars, the dissident leader was a threat to the corrupt Russian dictator.

The U.S. rallied the world to help the Ukrainians. Are Americans really going to leave them to their fate?

A beleaguered country needs more than volunteerism and chutzpah to protect its version of democracy.

Putin should pay for the damage his invasion has caused, and the money is needed immediately.

If reelected, he would end our commitment to the European alliance, reshaping the international order and hobbling American influence in the world.

Putin hasn’t given up his plans. He thinks Ukraine’s allies will lose interest.

The prime minister brought about a situation in which all the options are bad.

The ruling party tried to use the Polish state to hold on to power, but voters rejected the effort.

States and quasi-states are using extreme, uninhibited violence against civilian populations.

The Law and Justice party captured the Polish state. Can democracy survive?

For Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin, Tucker Carlson fulfills a need.

The billionaire isn’t the only one who’s been frightened into holding back help for Ukraine.

What will others in the Russian president’s circle do now?

What happened when a Republican supermajority gained control—and wasn’t satisfied

Moscow has revived the Soviet-era labor camp.

Unelected bureaucrats get a bad rap. But some do an essential job.

After spending years cultivating public apathy, the Russian president found his people indifferent to his fate.

Is Putin facing his Czar Nicholas II moment?

Kyiv needs to show Russians that the war is not worth fighting.

If the British sovereign is just another human being, what possible constitutional purpose can he serve?

The future of the democratic world will be determined by whether the Ukrainian military can break a stalemate with Russia and drive the country backwards—perhaps even out of Crimea for good.

In an interview, the Ukrainian president makes a pragmatic case for continued American support.

Mexico’s president is destroying democracy from the inside.

The U.S. president’s optimism about Ukraine creates the expectation that everything is possible—and commits him to a Ukrainian victory.

The president’s surprise visit sent a message to Moscow—and to European leaders.

How Russian invaders unleashed violence on small-town residents

As former President Mikheil Saakashvili’s health worsens in prison, so do prospects for democracy in Georgia.

Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters showed that antidemocratic revolutions can be contagious too.

Ukrainian resistance and American support prevented a wide range of horrors.

How Beijing tries to make a democracy submit without putting up a fight

The disturbing incident was the direct consequence of Russian aggression.

A better future requires Putin’s defeat—and the end to imperial aspirations.

Leaders shouldn’t give in to Putin’s nuclear rhetoric.

The fight over which weapons to give Ukraine is really a disagreement about Germany.