Anne Applebaum

Paperback, with new preface, available TODAY www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...

Reminder that Putin has never said he wants a trilateral meeting, had never said he would respect Ukrainian sovereignty, and has never said he wants to end the war. Not to be a downer, but the discussion of security guarantees is premature.

At least 19 Russian drones crossed into Polish air space last night. This was not an accidental breach or a mistake.

With Tim Miller, on Hungary (with Zebras) Iran, Kari Lake and more open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

The Trump administration offered a Vatican envoy "a bitter lecture warning that the United States has the military power to do whatever it wants—and that the Church had better take its side" www.thefp.com/p/why-the-va...

"Among the president’s initial war goals—preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon; eliminating its ballistic-missile capabilities; ...overthrow of the regime; and eradicating Iranian proxies in the Persian Gulf—none have been met." from Nancy Yousseff www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Just after Israel's attack on Hezbollah in 2024, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government offered issistance to Iran, the key sponsor of Hezbollah. And now Vance is in Budapest, supporting Orban. From Catherine Belton wapo.st/41RvEFd

Why does Vance care whether Orban wins? Because if he loses, it will challenge the MAGA belief that history flows in only one direction from @theunpopulist.net open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...

In honor of Vance's visit to Hungary, where he will campaign for Viktor Orban, I am reposting my article from last year. I argued that Orban's Hungary is one of the poorest countries, and certainly the most corrupt and least free country, in the entire EU. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Is Vance's support of Orban, Russia's most important asset in Europe, really in America's national interest?

In the Russian army, soldiers pay officers in order to stay alive www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

From Catherine Belton, on why Vance is going to Budapest www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

He is talking about creating a humanitarian disaster, a clear war crime