Anne Applebaum International Guru
Anne Applebaum: International Guru? Anne Applebaum is a very talented and well-rounded writer. ... According to Applebaum, “more lives would probably have been saved … if the British government had simply banned the construction of two-story houses” (1). ... Applebaum also makes note of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, often in reference to how politics has taken this event and used it to fulfill their political agendas. In one column she says that George Bush elicited sympathy after September 11, 2001 in his speech thanking America’s international supporters (“Stubborn Swedes and ‘United’ Europe” 2). ... Drawing from time spent in Europe, Anne Applebaum’s editorial columns in The Washington Post often discuss international affairs. Her work ranges from the United States’ involvement in international political affairs to social issues concerning the United States and other countries. ... According to Applebaum, “the media produced in different cultures don’t merely reflect different opinions about the news, they actually recount alternative versions of reality” (2).