http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumGet the latest articles from Anne Applebaum articles and view preview articles in the Anne Applebaum archive from The Washington Post.enCopyright 2012 Washington Post CompanyFri, 17 May 2013 21:44:46 GMTFri, 17 May 2013 21:44:46 GMT5http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2c1297ca/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Epolish0Eorphans0Eprovide0Elesson0Ein0Ethriving0C20A130C0A50C170C6a2199820Ebf0A0A0E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>WELLINGTON, New Zealand</p> <p>A fish restaurant in New Zealand seemed an odd place to discuss a war that took place several thousand miles away and several decades ago, but there we were: Sea bream was served, sauvignon blanc was poured, the rain drummed down outside and I listened while three septuagenarians smiled, laughed and told me of the unimaginable tragedy they had lived through as children.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-polish-orphans-provide-lesson-in-thriving/2013/05/17/6a219982-bf00-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2c1297ca/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-polish-orphans-provide-lesson-in-thriving%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F6a219982-bf00-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Polish+orphans+provide+unlikely+lessons+in+thriving" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-polish-orphans-provide-lesson-in-thriving%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F6a219982-bf00-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Polish+orphans+provide+unlikely+lessons+in+thriving" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-polish-orphans-provide-lesson-in-thriving%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F6a219982-bf00-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Polish+orphans+provide+unlikely+lessons+in+thriving" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-polish-orphans-provide-lesson-in-thriving%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F6a219982-bf00-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Polish+orphans+provide+unlikely+lessons+in+thriving" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-polish-orphans-provide-lesson-in-thriving%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F6a219982-bf00-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Polish+orphans+provide+unlikely+lessons+in+thriving" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664836614/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2c1297ca/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664836614/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2c1297ca/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664836614/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2c1297ca/a2t.img" border="0"/>TwitterAnne ApplebaumFri, 17 May 2013 21:27:57 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-polish-orphans-provide-lesson-in-thriving/2013/05/17/6a219982-bf00-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2b7dff82/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Eaustralia0Eamericas0Etest0Ecase0Ein0Ethe0Epacific0C20A130C0A50C0A30C3db33dc60Eb40A90E11e20Ebbf20Ea6f9e9d79e190Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>SYDNEY</p> <p>Odd things keep catching my eye here, simply because they look familiar. The small<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.fortdenison.com.au"> fortress island</a> in the center of Sydney Harbour makes me think of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay; the Harbour Bridge reminds me of Golden Gate. That San Francisco impression is reinforced by the city’s Victorian houses, though the billboard-lined airport road reminded me for an instant of Houston. There is an echo of Chicago in some of the 1930s apartment buildings, as well as something very San Diego about all of the landscaping. But when I see a row of cockatoos on a fence — lovely white birds with bright yellow crests and hooked beaks — I know I’m in Australia.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-australia-americas-test-case-in-the-pacific/2013/05/03/3db33dc6-b409-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2b7dff82/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-australia-americas-test-case-in-the-pacific%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F3db33dc6-b409-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Australia%2C+America%E2%80%99s+test+case+in+the+Pacific" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-australia-americas-test-case-in-the-pacific%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F3db33dc6-b409-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Australia%2C+America%E2%80%99s+test+case+in+the+Pacific" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-australia-americas-test-case-in-the-pacific%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F3db33dc6-b409-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Australia%2C+America%E2%80%99s+test+case+in+the+Pacific" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-australia-americas-test-case-in-the-pacific%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F3db33dc6-b409-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Australia%2C+America%E2%80%99s+test+case+in+the+Pacific" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-australia-americas-test-case-in-the-pacific%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F3db33dc6-b409-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Australia%2C+America%E2%80%99s+test+case+in+the+Pacific" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017045337/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2b7dff82/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017045337/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2b7dff82/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017045337/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2b7dff82/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 03 May 2013 23:56:38 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-australia-americas-test-case-in-the-pacific/2013/05/03/3db33dc6-b409-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2aef4366/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Eboston0Emarathon0Ebombings0Eeerily0Esimilar0Eto0Eeuropean0Eattacks0C20A130C0A40C190Ca0A4e1e2e0Ea9230E11e20Ea8e20E5b98cb59187f0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>There is much that we don’t yet know about <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/boston-marathon-explosions-suspects/">Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev</a>, the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/massive-police-operation-under-way-in-boston/2013/04/19/979ec6dc-a8c6-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html">suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings</a>. But we do know that their family is ethnically Chechen, that they come from <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/former-classmates-shocked-by-boston-bombers-crimes">the Russian republic of Chechnya</a>, where war broke out in 1994. Although that war began as a movement for Chechen sovereignty and independence, it escalated into two extraordinarily bloody, messy, vicious armed conflicts during which hundreds of thousands of people were killed. The Chechen capital, Grozny, was thoroughly destroyed. Photographs taken there after the war’s end look eerily old-fashioned, as though they were from Warsaw or Dresden in 1945.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-boston-marathon-bombings-eerily-similar-to-european-attacks/2013/04/19/a04e1e2e-a923-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2aef4366/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-boston-marathon-bombings-eerily-similar-to-european-attacks%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fa04e1e2e-a923-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=The+connection+between+Boston+and+Europe%E2%80%99s+train+bombers" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-boston-marathon-bombings-eerily-similar-to-european-attacks%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fa04e1e2e-a923-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=The+connection+between+Boston+and+Europe%E2%80%99s+train+bombers" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-boston-marathon-bombings-eerily-similar-to-european-attacks%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fa04e1e2e-a923-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=The+connection+between+Boston+and+Europe%E2%80%99s+train+bombers" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-boston-marathon-bombings-eerily-similar-to-european-attacks%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fa04e1e2e-a923-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=The+connection+between+Boston+and+Europe%E2%80%99s+train+bombers" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-boston-marathon-bombings-eerily-similar-to-european-attacks%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fa04e1e2e-a923-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=The+connection+between+Boston+and+Europe%E2%80%99s+train+bombers" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016190888/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2aef4366/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016190888/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2aef4366/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016190888/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2aef4366/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>high schoolTwitterAnne ApplebaumFri, 19 Apr 2013 22:15:47 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-boston-marathon-bombings-eerily-similar-to-european-attacks/2013/04/19/a04e1e2e-a923-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2ad615a7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cpost0Epartisan0Cpost0Ccalm0Ereplaces0Ethe0Econtroversy0Eof0Emargaret0Ethatcher0C20A130C0A40C170C23ccb120A0Ea7850E11e20E9e1c0Ebb0Afb0Ac2edd90Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/files/2013/04/thatcher2.jpg"> <!--empty--> <br/> <br/> </a> </p> <p>"After the storm of a life lived in the heat of political controversy, there is a great calm." The <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/10000508/Margaret-Thatchers-funeral-Bishop-of-Londons-sermon-in-full.html">Bishop of London's sermon at Margaret Thatcher's funeral Wednesday</a> morning <a data-xslt="_suspect" href="">moved at least one member of the British cabinet to tears</a>. But what was really remarkable about the sermon was its measured tone. Somehow one felt that the bishop might not have been a fervent Thatcherite himself, and yet he found something kind to say to those close to the former prime minister -- "it must be difficult for those members of her family and close associates to recognize the wife, mother and grandmother in the mythological figure" -- and something personal to say about her as well.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/calm-replaces-the-controversy-of-margaret-thatcher/2013/04/17/23ccb120-a785-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2ad615a7/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fpost-partisan%2Fpost%2Fcalm-replaces-the-controversy-of-margaret-thatcher%2F2013%2F04%2F17%2F23ccb120-a785-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Anne+Applebaum%3A+Calm+replaces+the+controversy+of+Margaret+Thatcher" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fpost-partisan%2Fpost%2Fcalm-replaces-the-controversy-of-margaret-thatcher%2F2013%2F04%2F17%2F23ccb120-a785-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Anne+Applebaum%3A+Calm+replaces+the+controversy+of+Margaret+Thatcher" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fpost-partisan%2Fpost%2Fcalm-replaces-the-controversy-of-margaret-thatcher%2F2013%2F04%2F17%2F23ccb120-a785-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Anne+Applebaum%3A+Calm+replaces+the+controversy+of+Margaret+Thatcher" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fpost-partisan%2Fpost%2Fcalm-replaces-the-controversy-of-margaret-thatcher%2F2013%2F04%2F17%2F23ccb120-a785-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Anne+Applebaum%3A+Calm+replaces+the+controversy+of+Margaret+Thatcher" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fpost-partisan%2Fpost%2Fcalm-replaces-the-controversy-of-margaret-thatcher%2F2013%2F04%2F17%2F23ccb120-a785-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Anne+Applebaum%3A+Calm+replaces+the+controversy+of+Margaret+Thatcher" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323397074/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2ad615a7/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323397074/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2ad615a7/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323397074/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2ad615a7/a2t.img" border="0"/>Margaret Thatcherparliamentary democracyTory PartyWed, 17 Apr 2013 17:35:09 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/calm-replaces-the-controversy-of-margaret-thatcher/2013/04/17/23ccb120-a785-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_blog.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2a7b84af/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Emargaret0Ethatcher0Erecognized0Ethe0Ebig0Eissues0C20A130C0A40C0A80Cb24342c20Ea0A80A0E11e20E82bc0E511538ae90Aa40Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>Margaret Thatcher had no small talk. At a private lunch which I can’t quite date — <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-margaretdenis-partnership-the-cornerstone-of-thatchers-success-8564570.html">her husband, Denis,</a> was there, drinking whiskey out of a large tumbler, so it must have been well over a decade ago — I was seated across from her, and at one point I became the object of a tirade about the Russian president. “What are we going to <em>do</em> about Mr. Yeltsin?” she demanded, as if either she or I could <em>do</em> anything at all. She’d been out of power for several years at that point and was already forgetting thoughts in the middle of sentences. But whatever else she was losing, the desire to stick to the big issues and the larger subjects was still with her. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-margaret-thatcher-recognized-the-big-issues/2013/04/08/b24342c2-a080-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2a7b84af/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-margaret-thatcher-recognized-the-big-issues%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2Fb24342c2-a080-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Margaret+Thatcher+recognized+the+big+issues" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-margaret-thatcher-recognized-the-big-issues%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2Fb24342c2-a080-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Margaret+Thatcher+recognized+the+big+issues" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-margaret-thatcher-recognized-the-big-issues%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2Fb24342c2-a080-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Margaret+Thatcher+recognized+the+big+issues" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-margaret-thatcher-recognized-the-big-issues%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2Fb24342c2-a080-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Margaret+Thatcher+recognized+the+big+issues" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-margaret-thatcher-recognized-the-big-issues%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2Fb24342c2-a080-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum&t=Margaret+Thatcher+recognized+the+big+issues" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163066927503/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2a7b84af/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163066927503/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2a7b84af/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163066927503/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2a7b84af/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:29:57 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-margaret-thatcher-recognized-the-big-issues/2013/04/08/b24342c2-a080-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2a4ef136/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Echina0Ecan0Eno0Elonger0Eignore0Enorth0Ekorea0C20A130C0A40C0A30C7b3fdb2e0E9c920E11e20E9a790Eeb5280Ac81c630Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>Xi Jinping, China’s new president, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/xi-jinping-named-president-of-china/2013/03/14/0f75aceb-3371-47a1-aecc-1eda813aaa5f_video.html">has taken power</a>, made his <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/xi-heads-for-african-tour-as-policy-makers-question-chinas-role/2013/03/24/eac7491e-93ff-11e2-8e33-9cc6c739d012_story.html">first foreign trip</a>, reintroduced his (well-dressed) wife to the public. And now, in the reverse and sometimes obtuse way these things happen in China, he has launched his political campaign. An editorial in the People’s Daily this week explained how, under his leadership, the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/04/03/now-sharper-xi-jinpings-china-dream-marks-departure-from-past/">Communist Party will pursue “the China Dream”</a> in order to “achieve national prosperity, revitalization of the nation and its people’s happiness.” The phrase “China Dream” is echoing throughout the Chinese media, figuring in <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://english.eastday.com/e/130402/u1a7298735.html">politicians’ speeches</a> and Internet parodies. (“<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.asianweek.com/2013/04/02/reporters-notebook-the-china-dream-smothered-by-smog/">China dream smothered by smog</a>” was the headline of a blog post on Beijing pollution.) </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-china-can-no-longer-ignore-north-korea/2013/04/03/7b3fdb2e-9c92-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2a4ef136/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=China+must+act+on+North+Korea+if+it+wants+respect&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-china-can-no-longer-ignore-north-korea%2F2013%2F04%2F03%2F7b3fdb2e-9c92-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991253820/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2a4ef136/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991253820/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2a4ef136/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991253820/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2a4ef136/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:59:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-china-can-no-longer-ignore-north-korea/2013/04/03/7b3fdb2e-9c92-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/29d62713/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Esouth0Eafrica0Estill0Ehaunted0Eby0Eapartheids0Elegacy0C20A130C0A30C210Ce0A7be5b40E918e0E11e20E9cfd0E36d6c9b5d7ad0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>JOHANNESBURG</p> <p>Twenty years ago, I visited South Africa and got lost. I set out from my hotel in Durban in search of a small black college, where some leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) party were meeting before the country’s first post-apartheid elections. I drove around Durban’s white suburbs for hours, looking for a building that was not on my map because, technically, it was not in Durban. It was in KwaZulu, one of the black “homelands” that existed alongside but legally separate from the white neighborhoods. When I stopped for directions, nobody I asked had ever heard of the college, even though it was only a few miles away. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-south-africa-still-haunted-by-apartheids-legacy/2013/03/21/e07be5b4-918e-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/29d62713/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=South+Africa%E2%80%99s+unfinished+revolution&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-south-africa-still-haunted-by-apartheids-legacy%2F2013%2F03%2F21%2Fe07be5b4-918e-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161393581651/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/29d62713/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161393581651/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/29d62713/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161393581651/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/29d62713/a2t.img" border="0"/>African National Congressintelligence agenciesAnne ApplebaumThu, 21 Mar 2013 16:30:38 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-south-africa-still-haunted-by-apartheids-legacy/2013/03/21/e07be5b4-918e-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/29531e05/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Ethe0Eenduring0Elegacy0Eof0Edespots0C20A130C0A30C0A70C8b3aefd80E874c0E11e20E9d710Ef0Afeafdd13940Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>Sixty years ago this week, Joseph Stalin died. His daughter, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/lana-peters-author-and-daughter-of-josef-stalin-dies-at-85/2011/11/28/gIQAe7UF6N_story.html">Svetlana</a>, remembered the Soviet dictator’s final moments:</p> <p>“The lack of oxygen became acute <span>. . .</span> the death agony was terrible,” she wrote in her memoirs. “He literally choked to death as we watched. At what seemed like the very last moment, he opened his eyes and cast a glance over everyone in the room. It was a terrible glance, insane or perhaps angry, and full of the fear of death.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-the-enduring-legacy-of-despots/2013/03/07/8b3aefd8-874c-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/29531e05/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=The+enduring+legacy+of+despots&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-the-enduring-legacy-of-despots%2F2013%2F03%2F07%2F8b3aefd8-874c-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920527987/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/29531e05/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920527987/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/29531e05/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920527987/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/29531e05/a2t.img" border="0"/>TwitterAnne ApplebaumThu, 07 Mar 2013 23:03:13 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-the-enduring-legacy-of-despots/2013/03/07/8b3aefd8-874c-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/28d36129/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Ecan0Eindia0Eshake0Eits0Ebad0Ecorruption0Ehabits0C20A130C0A20C210C19110A0A40A0E7c710E11e20E9a750Edab0A20A1670Ada0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>NEW DELHI</p> <p> <em>A</em>nna Hazare dresses like Mahatma Gandhi (white homespun cloth, round spectacles) and uses Gandhian tactics (nonviolent protest, hunger strikes) to fight the corruption he believes is damaging India. In 2011 and 2012, he mobilized hundreds of thousands of Indians, many of them members of the new middle class, to support his “fasts unto death.” Following a 12-day hunger strike in August 2011, he forced a panicked Indian government to agree to a series of demands for anti-corruption legislation. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-can-india-shake-its-bad-corruption-habits/2013/02/21/19110040-7c71-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/28d36129/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Can+India+shake+its+bad+corruption+habits%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-can-india-shake-its-bad-corruption-habits%2F2013%2F02%2F21%2F19110040-7c71-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158919829069/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/28d36129/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158919829069/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/28d36129/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158919829069/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/28d36129/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:10:48 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-can-india-shake-its-bad-corruption-habits/2013/02/21/19110040-7c71-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/28580c42/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Epreparing0Efor0Efreedom0Ebefore0Eit0Ecomes0C20A130C0A20C0A70C80A7290A50A0E70Aaf0E11e20Eac360E3d8d9dcaa2e20Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>Egypt “celebrated” the second anniversary of its revolution last week with <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/63243/Egypt/Live-Updates-Tens-of-thousands-march-to-Tahrir-to-.aspx">riots, tear gas and angry demonstrations</a> against an increasingly authoritarian regime. A few days earlier, the Tunisian army deployed to the southern part of that country to <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/01/14/260347.html">fight demonstrators who were demanding</a>, on the second anniversary of their own revolution, to know why their lives had not improved. In <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.france24.com/en/20130204-libya-faces-revolt-uprising-anniversary-looms">anticipation of the Libyan revolution’s anniversary on Feb. 17</a>, authorities are calling for vigilance and high-security measures. Lufthansa has <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/uk-libya-lufthansa-idUSLNE91401H20130205">suspended its flights to Tripoli</a>. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-preparing-for-freedom-before-it-comes/2013/02/07/80729050-70af-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/28580c42/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Preparing+for+freedom+before+it+comes&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-preparing-for-freedom-before-it-comes%2F2013%2F02%2F07%2F80729050-70af-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985019980/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/28580c42/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985019980/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/28580c42/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155985019980/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/28580c42/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:18:01 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-preparing-for-freedom-before-it-comes/2013/02/07/80729050-70af-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/27d4acaf/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Ethe0Eeu0Efills0Ea0Evoid0C20A130C0A10C230Ca58bcd140E65850E11e20E9e1b0E0A7db1d2ccd5b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>“A <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-obamas-second-inaugural-address-transcript/2013/01/21/f148d234-63d6-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_story.html">decade of war is now ending</a>,” President Obama declared Monday. Maybe that’s true in America, but it isn’t true anywhere else. Extremists are still plotting acts of terror. Authoritarian and autocratic regimes are still using violence to preserve their power. The United States can step back from international conflicts, but that won’t make them disappear. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-the-eu-fills-a-void/2013/01/23/a58bcd14-6585-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/27d4acaf/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Can+the+E.U.+become+the+world%E2%80%99s+policeman%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-the-eu-fills-a-void%2F2013%2F01%2F23%2Fa58bcd14-6585-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984277741/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/27d4acaf/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984277741/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/27d4acaf/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984277741/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/27d4acaf/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:02:18 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-the-eu-fills-a-void/2013/01/23/a58bcd14-6585-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/27c02ef3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cpost0Epartisan0Cpost0Cwhen0Eis0Ean0Einauguration0Elike0Ea0Eroyal0Ewedding0C20A130C0A10C210C1175d3420E63fd0E11e20E889b0Ef23c246aa4460Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>I've just watched the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/inauguration/2013-inauguration-waiting-watching-bearing-witness/2013/01/21/7bc849ce-63b6-11e2-b84d-21c7b65985ee_story.html" target="_blank">inaugural oath and speech</a> in London -- not too far, as the crow flies, from Buckingham Palace. A French friend was sitting next to me; some Brits were wandering in and out of the room, hanging around to see if <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inauguration-musical-performances-in-two-minutes/2013/01/21/f26f9c42-63f4-11e2-b84d-21c7b65985ee_video.html" target="_blank">anyone famous had started singing yet</a>. All of us marveled at the seamless way in which U.S. pop culture, high culture, history, politics and national symbolism were so effortlessly melded together into a single event.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/when-is-an-inauguration-like-a-royal-wedding/2013/01/21/1175d342-63fd-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_blog.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/27c02ef3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Anne+Applebaum%3A+When+is+an+inauguration+like+a+royal+wedding%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fpost-partisan%2Fpost%2Fwhen-is-an-inauguration-like-a-royal-wedding%2F2013%2F01%2F21%2F1175d342-63fd-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984159258/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/27c02ef3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984159258/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/27c02ef3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984159258/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/27c02ef3/a2t.img" border="0"/>Barack Obamaroyal familyBuckingham PalaceMon, 21 Jan 2013 19:00:32 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/when-is-an-inauguration-like-a-royal-wedding/2013/01/21/1175d342-63fd-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_blog.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/27645a9c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Eeconomic0Echange0Edepends0Eon0Eculture0Eand0Esociety0C20A130C0A10C10A0C0Ab62843e0E5b40A0E11e20E88d0A0Ec4cf65c3ad150Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>PARIS — For a brief moment before Christmas, self-doubt gripped France. The beloved French actor Gerard Depardieu — who recently played <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.asterix.com/encyclopedia/characters/obelix.html">Obelix</a>, an even more beloved French comic book character — announced he was moving to Belgium because President Francois Hollande had threatened to tax millionaires at 75 percent of their income. The nation plunged into depression. Opponents of the wealth tax geared up to attack the president. Pictures of Depardieu in his new “home” in Nechin, a Belgian town just across the French border, appeared in <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.parismatch.com/People-Match/Cinema/Actu/Depardieu-Bienvenu-chez-les-Belges-451342/">Paris-Match</a> alongside an article titled “France, which is a haven for rich Qataris, is a hell for its own inhabitants.” </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-economic-change-depends-on-culture-and-society/2013/01/10/0b62843e-5b40-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/27645a9c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Economic+change+depends+on+culture+and+society&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-economic-change-depends-on-culture-and-society%2F2013%2F01%2F10%2F0b62843e-5b40-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/153443072278/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/27645a9c/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/153443072278/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/27645a9c/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/153443072278/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/27645a9c/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>budget deficitTwitterAnne ApplebaumThu, 10 Jan 2013 16:31:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-economic-change-depends-on-culture-and-society/2013/01/10/0b62843e-5b40-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/275256c8/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cfood0Crevolutionary0Eeating0Ein0Epoland0C20A130C0A10C0A80C5810A79520E514b0E11e20E950Aa0E7863a0A13264b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>A mushy white sandwich roll, melted cheese and a squeeze of ketchup: When I first moved to Warsaw to work as a journalist, in the autumn of 1988, a zapiekanka was the most common form of street food. The zapiekanka (za-pyeh-KAN-kah) predated the hamburger, and it certainly wasn’t pizza — not even bad pizza. It was, rather, a pizzalike substance, a poor relative of its distant Italian cousin. The luxury versions had a few overcooked mushrooms beneath the cheese and ketchup.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/revolutionary-eating-in-poland/2013/01/08/58107952-514b-11e2-950a-7863a013264b_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/275256c8/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Revolutionary+eating+in+Poland&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ffood%2Frevolutionary-eating-in-poland%2F2013%2F01%2F08%2F58107952-514b-11e2-950a-7863a013264b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540436214/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/275256c8/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540436214/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/275256c8/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151540436214/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/275256c8/a2t.img" border="0"/>Pizza Hutcivil societyTue, 08 Jan 2013 21:35:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/revolutionary-eating-in-poland/2013/01/08/58107952-514b-11e2-950a-7863a013264b_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/26f3c236/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Enutcrackers0Ewherever0Eyou0Ego0C20A120C120C260Cc20Adf26a0E4f7c0E11e20E950Aa0E7863a0A13264b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>WARSAW</p> <p>I ran into my friend Dorota at “The Nutcracker” a few days ago. As the orchestra began to play the familiar bars of Tchaikovsky’s overture, she sighed. “I’ve seen it every year for the past 10 years,” she confessed. “Finally I thought I could skip it this year. But then my daughter got a part in the children’s chorus <span>. . . .</span>” I nodded in sympathy. Then the curtain rose, revealing a spectacular piece of scenery: the Vistula River and the snow-covered skyline of 19th-century Warsaw in the background. Snow was falling, and children seemed to be skating on what appeared to be real ice. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-nutcrackers-wherever-you-go/2012/12/26/c20df26a-4f7c-11e2-950a-7863a013264b_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/26f3c236/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=%E2%80%98Nutcrackers%E2%80%99+wherever+you+go&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-nutcrackers-wherever-you-go%2F2012%2F12%2F26%2Fc20df26a-4f7c-11e2-950a-7863a013264b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/153442523135/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/26f3c236/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/153442523135/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/26f3c236/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/153442523135/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/26f3c236/a2t.img" border="0"/>Barack ObamaWed, 26 Dec 2012 18:20:18 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-nutcrackers-wherever-you-go/2012/12/26/c20df26a-4f7c-11e2-950a-7863a013264b_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/269ce9a9/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Ecorruption0Efuels0Eworldwide0Eunrest0C20A120C120C140Cd9540A4f60E453f0E11e20E96480Ea2c323a991d60Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>LONDON</p> <p>Riots across Tunisia, December 2010. Demonstrations in Moscow, December 2011. Fasts and <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_anna-hazare-to-fast-on-march-25-in-delhi_1662419">street marches in New Delhi</a>, March 2012 — plus street movements in Slovenia; Quebec; <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/three-iraqis-die-in-anti-corruption-protest-as-crowd-rampages">Iraq</a>; <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-21/azerbaijan-police-stamp-out-anti-corruption-protest/4325026">Azerbaijan</a>; and <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/as-china-threatens-to-crack-down-on-wukan-protesters-the-village-disappears-from-the-web/2011/12/15/gIQAek8DwO_blog.html">Wukan</a>, southern China, among others, throughout the past two years. What do they all have in common? The answer is corruption, or, rather, the desire to end corruption, which is now the primary motivating factor in dozens of political movements around the world. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-corruption-fuels-worldwide-unrest/2012/12/14/d95404f6-453f-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/269ce9a9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=The+anti-corruption+movement%3A+Human+rights%E2%80%99+natural+partner&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-corruption-fuels-worldwide-unrest%2F2012%2F12%2F14%2Fd95404f6-453f-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539586390/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/269ce9a9/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539586390/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/269ce9a9/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151539586390/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/269ce9a9/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:37:41 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-corruption-fuels-worldwide-unrest/2012/12/14/d95404f6-453f-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/259fcaba/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Crepublicans0Eshould0Elook0Eto0Etheir0Eroots0C20A120C110C150C4ae40Aa80A0E2e750E11e20E89d40E0A40Ac9330A70A2a0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>A Texan friend of mine heard Karl Rove a couple of days ago talking angrily about President Obama winning by <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/11/08/karl-rove-obama-succeeded-by-suppressing-the-vote/">“suppressing the vote</a>.” Not long after that, she read that Sean Hannity wants to create a “pathway to citizenship” for illegal immigrants. She wrote to me that she was compiling a list: “ways in which the Republicans are now stealing Democrats’ language.” </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-should-look-to-their-roots/2012/11/15/4ae40a80-2e75-11e2-89d4-040c9330702a_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/259fcaba/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Republicans+should+look+to+their+roots&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Frepublicans-should-look-to-their-roots%2F2012%2F11%2F15%2F4ae40a80-2e75-11e2-89d4-040c9330702a_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659512879/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/259fcaba/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659512879/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/259fcaba/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148659512879/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/259fcaba/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:03:13 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-should-look-to-their-roots/2012/11/15/4ae40a80-2e75-11e2-89d4-040c9330702a_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/254d9d5b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cpost0Epartisan0Cpost0Cin0Elondon0Estanding0Eby0Efor0Eelection0Enews0C20A120C110C0A60C5a3416760E28560E11e20E96b60E8e6a7524553f0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>LONDON</p> <p>All over London tonight, homesick Americans are gamely holding election parties — serving beer and what the British call “crisps” — in rooms dominated by large television screens with the volume turned way up. There will be lots of talk about exit polls, swing states and key counties. Unfortunately, there will be no actual news whatsoever here until well after midnight, when East Coast polling stations finally begin to close. Doesn’t seem as if there will be anything meaningful until well after that — maybe 3 a.m., 4 a.m.? — and probably nothing really interesting until the morning.  </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/in-london-standing-by-for-election-news/2012/11/06/5a341676-2856-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_blog.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/254d9d5b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Anne+Applebaum%3A+In+London%2C+standing+by+for+election+news&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fpost-partisan%2Fpost%2Fin-london-standing-by-for-election-news%2F2012%2F11%2F06%2F5a341676-2856-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659387605/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/254d9d5b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659387605/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/254d9d5b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148659387605/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/254d9d5b/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:34:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/in-london-standing-by-for-election-news/2012/11/06/5a341676-2856-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_blog.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/254d97fa/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cpost0Epartisan0Cpost0Cnot0Eright0Ewing0Eenough0Efor0Ethe0Ebrits0C20A120C110C0A60Ce0A5ab45e0E2850A0E11e20E96b60E8e6a7524553f0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>LONDON</p> <p>A junior producer from the “Today” program — the BBC’s most-listened-to morning radio talk show — called me a few hours ago to find out, in the most delicate, tasteful and elegant way possible, whether I was sufficiently “right wing” to be interviewed on tomorrow’s post-election program. Since the other person on this particular segment of the program is supposed to be the British historian Simon Schama, and since, as the producer put it,  "we know where HE stands," it seems that she and the other producers were hoping I would take the other view.  </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/not-right-wing-enough-for-the-brits/2012/11/06/e05ab45e-2850-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_blog.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/254d97fa/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Anne+Applebaum%3A+Not+right-wing+enough+for+the+Brits&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fpost-partisan%2Fpost%2Fnot-right-wing-enough-for-the-brits%2F2012%2F11%2F06%2Fe05ab45e-2850-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659386914/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/254d97fa/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659386914/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/254d97fa/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148659386914/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/254d97fa/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mitt RomneyUS presidentTory PartyTue, 06 Nov 2012 20:48:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/not-right-wing-enough-for-the-brits/2012/11/06/e05ab45e-2850-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_blog.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2518c975/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Ea0Eus0Eelection0Emet0Ewith0Eeuropean0Eindifference0C20A120C10A0C310C0A4e29b860E23810E11e20E84480E81b1ce7d69780Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>LONDON</p> <p>“Is this presidential election really the most important in our lifetime?” That was the question asked, in so many words, by a concerned Brit at a discussion here a few days ago. His words were directed at the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/">political analyst</a> Larry Sabato, whose countenance had been beamed onto a conference-room screen like some giant electronic guru. Sabato didn’t blink. “This presidential election,” he replied, “is definitely the most important since 2008.” </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-a-us-election-met-with-european-indifference/2012/10/31/04e29b86-2381-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2518c975/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Not+as+big+an+election+as+we+think&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-a-us-election-met-with-european-indifference%2F2012%2F10%2F31%2F04e29b86-2381-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148658654788/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2518c975/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148658654788/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2518c975/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148658654788/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2518c975/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mitt Romneypresidential electionU.S. CongressWed, 31 Oct 2012 22:28:29 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-a-us-election-met-with-european-indifference/2012/10/31/04e29b86-2381-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2497ee8a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Eambassador0Estevenss0Edeath0Eshouldnt0Ecreate0Ebunker0Ementality0C20A120C10A0C170Cc0Acc853e0E18760E11e20E98550E71f2b20A2721b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>Several months ago, I found myself walking down an empty Tripoli street near midnight, looking for a taxi. I wasn’t alone — I was with two colleagues, one of whom was then living in Libya. But we weren’t especially well-protected. We didn’t have a bodyguard. We certainly didn’t have a gun.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-ambassador-stevenss-death-shouldnt-create-bunker-mentality/2012/10/17/c0cc853e-1876-11e2-9855-71f2b202721b_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2497ee8a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Bulletproof+glass+distorts+the+diplomatic+view&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-ambassador-stevenss-death-shouldnt-create-bunker-mentality%2F2012%2F10%2F17%2Fc0cc853e-1876-11e2-9855-71f2b202721b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144545203787/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2497ee8a/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144545203787/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2497ee8a/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144545203787/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2497ee8a/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:42:26 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-ambassador-stevenss-death-shouldnt-create-bunker-mentality/2012/10/17/c0cc853e-1876-11e2-9855-71f2b202721b_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/24182026/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Esyrias0Eassad0Ecrosses0Ethe0Ered0Elines0C20A120C10A0C0A30C0Ab39f34a0E0Ad780E11e20Ebb5e0E492c0Ad30Abff60Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>Aleppo was <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/oct/01/syria-aleppo-souk-destroyed-live">burning last week</a>: On YouTube, you could <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y3R7naFTpY">watch the flames</a> consuming the walls of the 600-year-old souk, the central landmark of one of the world’s oldest cities. If you looked further, you could also find film of what appears to be <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/sep/25/syrian-jets-bomb-aleppo-video">Syrian government planes strafing the city</a> and a <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuDH0i0y_A4">video made inside the ruins of the passport office</a> in the heart of the historic center. Ominously, Human Rights Watch has documented at least 10 <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/30/syria-government-attacking-bread-lines">government attacks on bakeries in Aleppo</a> — in other words, attacks on places where people are standing in line for bread. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-syrias-assad-crosses-the-red-lines/2012/10/03/0b39f34a-0d78-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/24182026/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=In+Syria%2C+Assad+crosses+the+red+lines&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-syrias-assad-crosses-the-red-lines%2F2012%2F10%2F03%2F0b39f34a-0d78-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544201803/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/24182026/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544201803/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/24182026/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544201803/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/24182026/a2t.img" border="0"/>international communityBashar al-AssadYouTubeThu, 04 Oct 2012 15:33:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-syrias-assad-crosses-the-red-lines/2012/10/03/0b39f34a-0d78-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/23a1a965/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Ein0Echina0Ethe0Eonly0Ecertainty0Eis0Euncertainty0C20A120C0A90C190Cf88e39640E0A2810E11e20E91e70E2962c74e77380Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>BEIJING</p> <p>In Beijing last week, every conversation ended the same way. You could start off talking about art, or the stock market, or food. You could be sitting at a formal banquet or in somebody’s house. You could be chatting with a businesswoman in a chic dress or a bureaucrat in a gray suit — but sooner or later she or he would lean over and ask: Have you heard anything? </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-in-china-the-only-certainty-is-uncertainty/2012/09/19/f88e3964-0281-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/23a1a965/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=In+China%2C+the+only+certainty+is+uncertainty&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-in-china-the-only-certainty-is-uncertainty%2F2012%2F09%2F19%2Ff88e3964-0281-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544115542/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/23a1a965/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544115542/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/23a1a965/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544115542/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/23a1a965/a2t.img" border="0"/>Facebookelected officialsHillary ClintonThu, 20 Sep 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-in-china-the-only-certainty-is-uncertainty/2012/09/19/f88e3964-0281-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/23267cee/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cscotlands0Ecivic0Epride0Eand0Eexample0C20A120C0A90C0A60C50Af6c7c80Ef770A0E11e10E83980E0A327ab83ab910Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>ABERDEEN, Scotland</p> <p>After two weeks when you probably spent too much time watching speeches beamed from Tampa and listening to “spontaneous” applause from Charlotte, let me take you away, just for a moment, to the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.braemargathering.org">Braemar Gathering</a>: a day of bagpipe contests, footraces, games and parades, held every year in a remote Scottish village. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/scotlands-civic-pride-and-example/2012/09/06/50f6c7c8-f770-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/23267cee/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Scotland%E2%80%99s+civic+pride+and+example&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fscotlands-civic-pride-and-example%2F2012%2F09%2F06%2F50f6c7c8-f770-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544115541/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/23267cee/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544115541/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/23267cee/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544115541/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/23267cee/a2t.img" border="0"/>Queen Victoriapolitical processDemocratic ConventionThu, 06 Sep 2012 16:54:22 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/scotlands-civic-pride-and-example/2012/09/06/50f6c7c8-f770-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaumhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2298cd7a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Canne0Eapplebaum0Epussy0Eriot0Esentence0Ebrings0Edissent0Eto0Ethe0Emasses0C20A120C0A80C210C2b583e5a0Eeba60E11e10Ea80Ab0E9f898562d0A10A0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ianne0Eapplebaum/story01.htm<p>“T<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/2012/08/17/topless-woman-cuts-down-kiev-cross-for-pussy-riot">opless Woman Cuts Down Kiev Cross for Pussy Riot</a>.” That headline ran at the top of a South African Web site a few days ago, accompanied by a picture of a half-naked member of a radical feminist group, chainsaw in hand, protesting the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pussy-riot-band-members-guilty-russian-judge-finds/2012/08/17/2f81876c-e86c-11e1-8487-64e4b2a79ba8_story.html">two-year jail sentence</a> a Russian court had just handed down to three punk rockers. Al-Jazeera had a tamer headline: “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/08/2012817111157592391.html">Russian punk rockers jailed for hooliganism</a>.” The accompanying picture was also tamer, showing the three punk rockers in question preparing for their trial, looking demure. But the harshest political statement was on Madonna’s Web site: “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://madonna.com/news/title/temp">I call on all those who love freedom to condemn this unjust punishment</a>,” the singer declared. “I call on ALL of Russia to let Pussy Riot go free.” A clip from her recent performance in St. Petersburg showed her shouting at the crowd: “We want to fight for the right to be free, to be who we are!”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-pussy-riot-sentence-brings-dissent-to-the-masses/2012/08/21/2b583e5a-eba6-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaum">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636529/s/2298cd7a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Pussy+Riot+sentence+brings+dissent+to+the+masses&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fanne-applebaum-pussy-riot-sentence-brings-dissent-to-the-masses%2F2012%2F08%2F21%2F2b583e5a-eba6-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_anne-applebaum" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544115540/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2298cd7a/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544115540/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2298cd7a/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544115540/u/0/f/636529/c/34656/s/2298cd7a/a2t.img" border="0"/>Pussy RiotAnna Politkovskayahuman rightsTue, 21 Aug 2012 20:08:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-pussy-riot-sentence-brings-dissent-to-the-masses/2012/08/21/2b583e5a-eba6-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_story.html?wprss=rss_anne-applebaumAnne Applebaum