67 mins watch time
Posted August 2020
With the rise of autocratic governments in Eastern Europe and the political pessimism that fuelled the rise of Donald Trump, our enthusiasm for liberal democracy seems to be running low. Pulitzer Prize winning historian Anne Applebaum is looking for answers to the questions which define contemporary politics. How did we become so angry and divided? And is there still hope for those who would reject the rise of nationalism and paranoid conspiracy theories?