"Vladimir Putin is not looking for a cease-fire, and he does not want to negotiate. Why? Because he believes that he can win. Thanks to the actions of the U.S. government, he still thinks that he can conquer all of Ukraine"
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/putin-trump-russia-ukraine/683414/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK38jq6vvO2FygkuCulUcodbA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
#anneapplebaum #trump #putin #usa #ukraine #russia #EU #geopolitics @geopolitics
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#Zelensky - TrumpVance Oval Office meeting Feb 2025.
AIUI #Trump, acting as Putin's mouthpiece, threatened #WWIII #WorldWar3.
Trump: "You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III."
(The same claimed threat that #Musk made as his excuse for shutting down satnav access for UKR. The evidence that this was a genuine fear of Musk is AIUI non-existent. But #AnneApplebaum saw fit to write an article excusing Musk anyway.)
Why Europe’s Security Strategy Is Failing & How the War in Ukraine Will End #AnneApplebaum
by #DominikPresl
29:13
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Interview with @anneapplebaum , journalist writing on Russia and Eastern Europe for decades.
How #Europe should respond to the new foreign policy of the US.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLDTHTIkhFg
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Dominik Presl is research fellow at the Czech Association for International Affairs and studies international disinformation and propaganda
Anne Applebaum’s Advice “These are not normal times. Be Prepared.”
Time to get prepared for what comes after the election. #politics #AnneApplebaum
http://warnercrocker.com/2024/10/16/anne-applebaums-advice-these-are-not-normal-times-be-prepared/
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#Autocracy, Inc
The #Dictators Who Want to Run the World
“We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents.”
“But in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one #dictator, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists”
#fascism #ChristianNationalism
https://www.amazon.com/Autocracy-Inc-Dictators-Want-World-ebook/dp/B0CTY143KQ?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1I8XIeRtsM1oHdi5ia60X-sPDrp-oyuwRLxhBYcKiD-SR69Zq1ccj1JOG804iSuPQqX82eFYFHiRnxDWmffxqL3F-sQN2ozomytKzF3fVbYrTFJHn1JLGM6StHPzXOyJ0nwzbD196uPegUz-FywrqK0Ual1EmPs8r1OR00Yu3wI3dK7cM_U3HEqWWI4zcil2HXpsgpLxxMvJEIQUHflLkMTt_CYTnH1D5dXB--yfDqMTQwadSu5O0IGYR2XOgETNoI4NmUc3kH0A5zvKf6Sw0T9Op-x7OZOjLbSyDfAG610.KkOmNJUWGhn1lhswO87zCo_M_tC0d54MhaX5JvA_VHE&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&linkId=07d45698b4b6fde1125b8a362d92d5ff&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl
"The scariest thing dictators are doing now: Working together
According to Anne Applebaum’s “Autocracy, Inc.,” dictators are less interested in ideological alliances and more interested in helping each other stay powerful."
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#AnneApplebaum #RuthBenGhiat Follow them and their work!
Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.
As we read the news, we find ourselves asking: is this Cold War 2.0?
I spoke to #Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist #Anneapplebaum about today’s autocracies and why she thinks they are more like corrupt corporations.
[The Washington Post, Book Review]:The scariest thing dictators are doing now: Working together According to Anne Applebaum’s “Autocracy, Inc.,” dictators are less interested in ideological alliances and more interested in helping each other stay powerful. By Ruth Ben-Ghiat
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/07/14/autocracy-inc-anne-applebaum-review/