Monday 5th August - 05:20 PM BST
The Opening Interview: Against the axis of autocracy
Who should run the world?
If we live in an age of crisis, then the threat against Liberal Democracy is paramount on our minds. From China to Russia, and with popular support for democracy in decline within the West, our traditional values seem ever more at stake. If democracy is to survive, we must reframe our worldview and learn how to fight back.
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anne Applebaum as she dives into the web of support for autocracies, from kleptocrats to big business, that represent an existential threat to the West. She is interviewed by Penny Mordaunt, former UK Secretary of Defense and stalwart opposition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Anne Applebaum
Prize-Winning Author
Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize winning author and a Staff Writer at The Atlantic. Her condemnation of Russian aggression has seen her personally sanctioned by Putin's government. Her most recent book is Autocracy Inc.
Prior to The Atlantic she was a Washington Post columnist for more than fifteen years and a member of the editorial board. She has also worked as the Foreign and Deputy Editor of The Spectator magazine in London, and as a columnist at Slate as well as the Daily and Sunday Telegraphs.
Penny Mordaunt
Former Defence Secretary
Penny Mordaunt is the Former Leader of the House of Commons and Former Defense Secretary of the UK. While being a Navy reservist, she was also the first woman to hold the role of Minister of State for the Armed Forces and later the Secretary of State for International Development.
She has been outspoken in criticism of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, to the extent that several Ukrainian MPs endorsed her to be leader of the Conservative party.
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anne Applebaum as she dives into the web of support for autocracies, from kleptocrats to big business, that represent an existential threat to the West. She is interviewed by Penny Mordaunt, former UK Secretary of Defense and stalwart opposition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.