Anne Applebaum with Madeleine Brand | America at a Crossroads

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America at a Crossroads presents: “Autocracy Inc.: The Siege on Democracy” Anne Applebaum and Madeleine Brand 📅 Wednesday, October 15, 2025 🕔 5:00 PM Pacific / 8:00 PM Eastern Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Anne Applebaum joins journalist Madeleine Brand for a timely and urgent conversation about Applebaum’s latest book, Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World. Together, they explore the growing network of authoritarian regimes, the methods they use to consolidate power, and the global threats they pose to democratic institutions. Anne Applebaum is a staff writer for The Atlantic and a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the SNF Agora Institute. Her acclaimed works include Gulag: A History, Iron Curtain, and Twilight of Democracy. Madeleine Brand is the host of Press Play on KCRW, an award-winning daily news and culture program offering deep insight into national and international stories through a Southern California lens. This event is part of the America at a Crossroads virtual series, founded by Jews United for Democracy & Justice and the Community Advocates, Inc., bringing leading voices together to discuss the most pressing issues facing our democracy. 🔗 Learn more and register for upcoming events: jewsunitedfordemocracy.org/events/ 📘 Autocracy, Inc. is available wherever books are sold. #AnneApplebaum #MadeleineBrand #AutocracyInc #Democracy #AmericaAtACrossroads #CommunityConversations #AuthorTalk #PoliticalDiscussion #History #CurrentEvents #FreeSpeech #TheAtlantic