Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

The War About Nothing

Sudan and the end of the liberal world order

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Anne Applebaum
Aug 06, 2025
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After the US election last November, I changed my plans.

For many years, I had been writing about America, Europe, Russia and Ukraine, describing and analyzing the breakdown of international norms, the spread of authoritarian propaganda, deliberate attempts to create refugees and violence. I knew that Trump’s victory ensured that these geopolitical shift…

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