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https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/The-Lure-of-Western-Europe.webp 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2019/06/06/the-lure-of-western-europe/" rel="bookmark">The Lure of Western Europe</a></h2><header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"><div class="entry-meta"><span class="posted-on"><span class="published" itemprop="datePublished"> June 6, 2019 </span></span> / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/the-new-york-review-of-books/" rel="category tag">The New York Review of Books</a></span> / By <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Anne Applebaum" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/author/anne/" rel="author" class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > <span class="author-name" itemprop="name" > Anne Applebaum </span> </a> </span></div></header><div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"><p>By the spring of 1952, the “iron curtain” that Winston Churchill had described as descending on the eastern half of Europe—“from Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic”—already felt impenetrable, even permanent. In that year, Czech courts condemned to death Rudolf Slansky, the secretary-general of the Czech Communist Party, for alleged participation in</p></div><p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2019/06/06/the-lure-of-western-europe/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">The Lure of Western Europe</span> Read More »</a></p><div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" ></div></div></div> </article><article class="post-4392 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-recent-articles-articles category-the-new-york-review-of-books ast-col-sm-12 ast-article-post ast-col-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-4392" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"><div class="ast-post-format- blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"><div class="post-content ast-col-md-12" ><div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"><div class="post-thumb-img-content post-thumb"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2017/10/12/a-new-european-narrative-2/" ><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/a-new-european-narrative-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/a-new-european-narrative-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/a-new-european-narrative-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/a-new-european-narrative-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/a-new-european-narrative.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2017/10/12/a-new-european-narrative-2/" rel="bookmark">A New European Narrative?</a></h2><header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"><div class="entry-meta"><span class="posted-on"><span class="published" itemprop="datePublished"> October 12, 2017 </span></span> / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/recent-articles-articles/" rel="category tag">Recent Articles</a>, <a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/the-new-york-review-of-books/" rel="category tag">The New York Review of Books</a></span> / By <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Anne Applebaum" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/author/anne/" rel="author" class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > <span class="author-name" itemprop="name" > Anne Applebaum </span> </a> </span></div></header><div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"><p>Back in 2013—an age ago, the calm before the storm—José Manuel Barroso, then the president of the European Commission, gave a speech launching a new project. This was before the refugee crisis, before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, before the British voted to leave the European Union, before the terrorist attacks in Paris, Brussels, London,</p></div><p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2017/10/12/a-new-european-narrative-2/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">A New European Narrative?</span> Read More »</a></p><div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" ></div></div></div> </article><article class="post-3326 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-reviews-articles category-recent-articles-articles category-the-new-york-review-of-books ast-col-sm-12 ast-article-post ast-col-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-3326" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"><div class="ast-post-format- blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"><div class="post-content ast-col-md-12" ><div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"><div class="post-thumb-img-content post-thumb"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2016/04/07/3326/" ><img width="1" height="1" src="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/https://img.112.international/original/2018/05/10/273124.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a></div></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2016/04/07/3326/" rel="bookmark">The Victory of Ukraine</a></h2><header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"><div class="entry-meta"><span class="posted-on"><span class="published" itemprop="datePublished"> April 7, 2016 </span></span> / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/book-reviews-articles/" rel="category tag">Book Reviews</a>, <a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/recent-articles-articles/" rel="category tag">Recent Articles</a>, <a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/the-new-york-review-of-books/" rel="category tag">The New York Review of Books</a></span> / By <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Anne Applebaum" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/author/anne/" rel="author" class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > <span class="author-name" itemprop="name" > Anne Applebaum </span> </a> </span></div></header><div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"><p>In later years, there would be bigger demonstrations, more eloquent speakers, and more professional slogans. But the march that took place in Kiev on a Sunday morning in the spring of 1917 was extraordinary because it was the first of its kind in that city. The Russian Empire had banned Ukrainian books, newspapers, theaters, and</p></div><p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2016/04/07/3326/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">The Victory of Ukraine</span> Read More »</a></p><div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" ></div></div></div> </article><article class="post-3191 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-reviews-articles category-the-new-york-review-of-books ast-col-sm-12 ast-article-post ast-col-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-3191" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"><div class="ast-post-format- blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"><div class="post-content ast-col-md-12" ><div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"><div class="post-thumb-img-content post-thumb"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2014/12/18/how-he-and-his-cronies-stole-russia/" ><img width="940" height="801" src="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/how-he-and-his-cronies-stole-russia.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/how-he-and-his-cronies-stole-russia.jpg 940w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/how-he-and-his-cronies-stole-russia-300x256.jpg 300w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/how-he-and-his-cronies-stole-russia-768x654.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /></a></div></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2014/12/18/how-he-and-his-cronies-stole-russia/" rel="bookmark">How He and His Cronies Stole Russia</a></h2><header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"><div class="entry-meta"><span class="posted-on"><span class="published" itemprop="datePublished"> December 18, 2014 </span></span> / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/book-reviews-articles/" rel="category tag">Book Reviews</a>, <a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/the-new-york-review-of-books/" rel="category tag">The New York Review of Books</a></span> / By <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Anne Applebaum" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/author/anne/" rel="author" class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > <span class="author-name" itemprop="name" > Anne Applebaum </span> </a> </span></div></header><div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"><p>For twenty years now, the Western politicians, journalists, businessmen, and academics who observe and describe the post-Soviet evolution of Russia have almost all followed the same narrative. We begin with the assumption that the Soviet Union ended in 1991, when Mikhail Gorbachev handed over power to Boris Yeltsin and Russia, Ukraine, and the rest of</p></div><p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2014/12/18/how-he-and-his-cronies-stole-russia/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">How He and His Cronies Stole Russia</span> Read More »</a></p><div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" ></div></div></div> </article><article class="post-2826 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-the-new-york-review-of-books ast-col-sm-12 ast-article-post ast-col-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-2826" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"><div class="ast-post-format- blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"><div class="post-content ast-col-md-12" ><div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"><div class="post-thumb-img-content post-thumb"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2013/06/06/how-to-succeed-in-business/" ><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-New-York-Review-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The New York Review" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-New-York-Review-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-New-York-Review-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-New-York-Review-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-New-York-Review-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-New-York-Review.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2013/06/06/how-to-succeed-in-business/" rel="bookmark">How to Succeed in Business</a></h2><header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"><div class="entry-meta"><span class="posted-on"><span class="published" itemprop="datePublished"> June 6, 2013 </span></span> / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles</a>, <a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/the-new-york-review-of-books/" rel="category tag">The New York Review of Books</a></span> / By <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Anne Applebaum" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/author/anne/" rel="author" class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > <span class="author-name" itemprop="name" > Anne Applebaum </span> </a> </span></div></header><div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"><p>To begin with, a quiz. Who wrote the following sentences: Lee Iacocca, Jack Welch, or Sheryl Sandberg? (a) When communicating hard truths, less is often more. (b) It takes self-confidence, courage and a willingness to take the heat when you make the tough calls. (c) Opportunities are rarely offered; they’re seized. (d) Get your priorities</p></div><p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2013/06/06/how-to-succeed-in-business/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">How to Succeed in Business</span> Read More »</a></p><div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" ></div></div></div> </article><article class="post-2783 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-new-york-review-of-books ast-col-sm-12 ast-article-post ast-col-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-2783" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"><div class="ast-post-format- blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"><div class="post-content ast-col-md-12" ><div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"><div class="post-thumb-img-content post-thumb"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2012/10/25/in-the-new-world-of-spies/" ><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-New-York-Review-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The New York Review" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-New-York-Review-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-New-York-Review-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-New-York-Review-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-New-York-Review-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-New-York-Review.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2012/10/25/in-the-new-world-of-spies/" rel="bookmark">In the New World of Spies</a></h2><header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"><div class="entry-meta"><span class="posted-on"><span class="published" itemprop="datePublished"> October 25, 2012 </span></span> / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/the-new-york-review-of-books/" rel="category tag">The New York Review of Books</a></span> / By <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Anne Applebaum" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/author/anne/" rel="author" class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > <span class="author-name" itemprop="name" > Anne Applebaum </span> </a> </span></div></header><div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"><p>To those who met them in Japanese-occupied Manchukuo in 1935, the Swiss businessman Charles Emile Martin and his American partner, Cy Oggins, must have seemed an enigmatic pair. Oggins was a distinguished-looking man with craggy features, well-made suits, and a penchant for silver-topped walking sticks. He seemed to know a great deal about Oriental antiquities,</p></div><p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2012/10/25/in-the-new-world-of-spies/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">In the New World of Spies</span> Read More »</a></p><div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" ></div></div></div> </article><article class="post-2604 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-reviews-articles category-on-communism category-the-new-york-review-of-books ast-col-sm-12 ast-article-post ast-col-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-2604" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"><div class="ast-post-format- blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"><div class="post-content ast-col-md-12" ><div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"><div class="post-thumb-img-content post-thumb"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2012/04/26/vladimirs-tale/" ><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Vladimir-putin-1024x576.webp" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Vladimir Putin" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Vladimir-putin-1024x576.webp 1024w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Vladimir-putin-300x169.webp 300w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Vladimir-putin-768x432.webp 768w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Vladimir-putin.webp 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2012/04/26/vladimirs-tale/" rel="bookmark">Vladimir’s Tale</a></h2><header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"><div class="entry-meta"><span class="posted-on"><span class="published" itemprop="datePublished"> April 26, 2012 </span></span> / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/book-reviews-articles/" rel="category tag">Book Reviews</a>, <a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/on-communism/" rel="category tag">On Communism</a>, <a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/the-new-york-review-of-books/" rel="category tag">The New York Review of Books</a></span> / By <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Anne Applebaum" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/author/anne/" rel="author" class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > <span class="author-name" itemprop="name" > Anne Applebaum </span> </a> </span></div></header><div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"><p>On November 20, 1998, Galina Starovoitova, a member of the Russian parliament, was murdered in the stairwell of her St. Petersburg apartment building. In the weeks that followed, obituaries, articles, and tributes to her life poured forth from all over the world. Starovoitova, almost everyone agreed, was different from the Russian politicians of the past</p></div><p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2012/04/26/vladimirs-tale/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Vladimir’s Tale</span> Read More »</a></p><div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" ></div></div></div> </article><article class="post-2119 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-reviews-articles category-on-communism category-the-new-york-review-of-books ast-col-sm-12 ast-article-post ast-col-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-2119" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"><div class="ast-post-format- blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"><div class="post-content ast-col-md-12" ><div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"><div class="post-thumb-img-content post-thumb"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2010/10/28/the-worst-of-the-madness/" ><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Bloodlands-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Bloodlands-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Bloodlands-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Bloodlands-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.anneapplebaum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Bloodlands.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div></div><h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/2010/10/28/the-worst-of-the-madness/" rel="bookmark">The Worst of the Madness</a></h2><header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"><div class="entry-meta"><span class="posted-on"><span class="published" itemprop="datePublished"> October 28, 2010 </span></span> / <span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/book-reviews-articles/" rel="category tag">Book Reviews</a>, <a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/on-communism/" rel="category tag">On Communism</a>, <a href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/category/articles/the-new-york-review-of-books/" rel="category tag">The New York Review of Books</a></span> / By <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author"> <a title="View all posts by Anne Applebaum" href="https://www.anneapplebaum.com/author/anne/" rel="author" class="url fn n" itemprop="url" > <span class="author-name" itemprop="name" > Anne Applebaum </span> </a> </span></div></header><div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"><p>Once, in an attempt to explain the history of his country to outsiders, the Polish poet Czesław Miłosz described the impact of war, occupation, and the Holocaust on ordinary morality. Mass violence, he explained, could shatter a man’s sense of natural justice. 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