Anne Applebaum in her 'Speech to Europe':

'Europe's success does have a downside.

Because these institutions worked so well, people began to imagine that they were not the result of hard work and difficult compromises but rather something natural, just some »bureaucracies« that emerged by themselves.

Because we had those 80 years of peace, people started taking the laws and norms that ensure peace for granted.'

https://www.erstestiftung.org/en/a-speech-to-europe-2026-the-european-moment/
#Applebaum #Europe #SpeechtoEurope

Interview mit der großartigen Anne Applebaum, ihr könnte ich stundenlang zuhören. Analysiert wird die Auswirkung von Orbans Sturz auf die Ukraine, Russland, die USA und den Verbindungen zwischen den rechten Netzwerken.

Sidney Blumenthal und S. Wilentz sind - im Unterschied zu vielen anderen - an einer unaufgeregten, aber tiefer gehenden Analyse interessiert und auch sehr angenehm anzuhören (ohne dieses sonst übliche "bombshell"-Theater der Amis).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA65LkY25ak

#Orban
#Applebaum

Anne 🗞️#Applebaum: Toată lumea înțelege ce a făcut #Trump, cu excepția lui – editorial 📰#TheAtlantic.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-5ajU

#Știri #SUA

How Crypto Is Used for Political Corruption

World Liberty Financial AKA Pay Your Trump Bribes Here

#Applebaum: Let me shift now to the current administration. Maybe we could start with World Liberty Financial. Can you explain what it is and how it works and how it could be used, in effect, to bribe the president?

White: So World Liberty Financial is a #cryptocurrency platform that was created by Trump, some of his sons, and a handful of external partners in August 2024.

Applebaum: And one of those external partners is Zach #Witkoff who is the son of Trump’s Middle East and Russia envoy, Steve Witkoff

@anneapplebaum

https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2026/01/16/how-crypto-is-used-for-political-corruption/

The recent publication of the #Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy showed that unilateral #disarmament is now official policy. Because this National Security Strategy is not really a strategy document. It is a #suicide note - #Applebaum

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/national-security-strategy-democracy/685270/

In #Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, even the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash #Patel’s #FBI investigating anyone in #Trump’s White House — Anne #Applebaum

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/12/ukraine-fighting-corruption-trump/685162/