Anne Applebaum on Trump, Ukraine, and Russia

SUPPORT "Thinking in Dark Times" podcast: https://www.patreon.com/c/thinkinggg We had a conversation with Anne Applebaum a few months ago on this podcast about her book "Autocracy, Inc".—be sure to check it out: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts//ep-332The current episode features a public conversation on similar themes: the crisis of democracy, the rise of new autocracies, Trump’s pro-Russian stance, and Russia’s war against Ukraine.It was recorded as a keynote discussion at the Lviv Media Forum—one of Ukraine’s major media events—in May 2025 (lvivmediaforum.com/en)We’re now publishing it as part of our Thinking in Dark Times series at UkraineWorld.Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and political analyst.Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher, the chief editor of UkraineWorld and the president of PEN Ukraine.SUPPORT "Thinking in Dark Times" podcast: https://www.patreon.com/c/thinkinggg