Anne Applebaum (Live) on Resisting Authoritarianism Here and Abroad

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Anne Applebaum discusses the rise of authoritarianism and its implications for democracy both in the US and globally.

Authoritarianism is on the march, not just here in the US but across the globe. It hardly bears repeating that we live in perilous and troubled times, as a potent and fundamentally destructive combination of nihilism and right-wing populism challenges the very foundations of the post-war liberal democratic order. That’s why we were thrilled that the latest episode of BCB is a live taping with historian, celebrated journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum of The Atlant...

People in this episode

Hosts: David Hyde, Sandeep Kaushik

Guest: Anne Applebaum

Topics covered

• authoritarianism
• politics
• democracy
• populism
• history
• journalism

Keywords

• authoritarianism
• Anne Applebaum
• democracy
• politics
• populism
• journalism
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Atlantic

Places: US

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