Introduction

2024 will be democracy’s biggest year. 

Over four billion people will head to the polls, with major battles in the United States, India, South Africa and Indonesia.

One person watching this closely is Anne Applebaum. She was calling out authoritarianism spreading around the world while western leaders were still shaking hands with Vladimir Putin. 

So, where could the world’s politics be heading? 

Today, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and writer for The Atlantic Anne Applebaum, on democracy’s biggest test and how it can survive.

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Guest: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and writer for The Atlantic, Anne Applebaum

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