Anne Applebaum
American historian
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| 2024 | Published 'Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World' through Doubleday |
| 2024 | Awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade), a prestigious international literary award. |
| 2023 | Her husband Radosław Sikorski returned to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland. |
| 2022 | Upgraded to the Order of Princess Olga, second class. |
| November 2022 | Sanctioned by Russia as one of 200 US citizens for 'promotion of the Russophobic campaign and support for the regime in Kiev'. |
| January 2022 | Invited to testify before the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on 'Bolstering Democracy in the Age of Rising Authoritarianism'. |
| 2021 | Published 'Wybór (Choice)' through Agora publishing |
| 2021 | Became a National Magazine Awards finalist in 'Essays and Criticism' and 'Columns and Commentary' categories, and won the Premio Internacional de Periodismo de EL MUNDO. |
| July 2020 | Published 'Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism', a bestseller that was partly a memoir and partly political analysis. |
| 2019 | Received the Premio Nonino 'Maestro del nostro tempo' ('Master of our Time') and the Order of Princess Olga (third class). |
| December 2019 | Published an article in The Atlantic critiquing right-wing intellectuals who have become sympathetic to right-wing dictators opposed to America. |
| November 2019 | Announced as a staff writer for The Atlantic, starting in January 2020. |
| 2018 | Awarded the Lionel Gelber Prize for 'Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine' and became an Honorary Fritz Stern Professor at the University of Wrocław. |
| 2017 | Received Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris Causa from Georgetown University and an Honorary Doctorate from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Also won the Duff Cooper Prize for her book 'Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine' and received the Antonovych Prize. |
| October 2017 | Published 'Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine', which won the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize. |
| 2016 | Left Legatum Institute and joined the London School of Economics as a Professor of Practice at the Institute for Global Affairs. |
| July 2016 | Wrote about connections between Donald Trump and Russia, suggesting Russian support for Trump was part of a broader campaign to destabilize the West. |
| July 2016 | Endorsed Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, criticizing Donald Trump as a threat to international alliances. |
| March 2016 | Wrote a Washington Post column questioning the future of the West, arguing that a few bad elections could lead to the end of NATO, European Union, and the liberal world order. |
| 2015 | Applebaum publicly argued that Facebook should take responsibility for spreading false stories and mitigate the damage to democratic discourse caused by social media. |
| 2014 | Applebaum experienced a Russian smear campaign targeting her during her extensive writing about the Russian annexation of Crimea. |
| 2014 | Started the Beyond Propaganda program, examining 21st-century propaganda and disinformation. |
| March 7 2014 | Wrote in The Daily Telegraph about the need for a 'robust campaign to tell the truth about Crimea' to counter Moscow's propaganda. |
| March 5 2014 | Published an article in The Washington Post criticizing Western conduct regarding Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, arguing against enabling a corrupt Russian regime. |
| 2013 | Won the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature and the Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military Literature for 'Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944–1956'. |
| 2013 | Acquired Polish citizenship, expanding her personal and professional connection to Poland. |
| 2012 | Received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland and became a National Book Award Nonfiction finalist for 'Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944–1956'. |
| 2012 | Published 'Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944–56', which was nominated for a National Book Award and shortlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award. |
| 2011 | Began creating and running the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute, focusing on democracy, growth, and institutional change in various countries. |
| 2010 | Awarded the Petőfi Prize, likely for her work on Eastern European history. |
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