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Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum Asks: Can Democracy Survive the New Wave of Nationalism?

Anne Applebaum in conversation with Matthew d'Ancona

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?