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Dialogue between Anne Applebaum and Federico Steinberg

The Rafael del Pino Foundation is organising the dialogue «The new illiberal order: how the world is being reconfigured» on 16 December at 7pm, with the participation of Anne Applebaum and Federico Steinberg. Anne Applebaum is a historian, journalist and political analyst, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and internationally recognised for her work on...

The Rafael del Pino Foundation is organising the dialogue «The new illiberal order: how the world is being reconfigured» on 16 December at 7 p.m. Anne Applebaum and Federico Steinberg will take part.

Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, journalist and political analyst internationally recognised for her work on totalitarian regimes, disinformation and contemporary challenges to liberal democracy. Her perspective combines historical rigour with a deep understanding of the current geopolitical context. Author of reference works such as Gulag: A History (Pulitzer Prize), Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism y Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World -Applebaum is one of the most influential voices in the global debate on the rise of authoritarianism and the erosion of democratic institutions. In 2024 he received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, one of the most important cultural prizes in Europe, and in 2021 the Francisco Cerecedo Journalism Prize, awarded by H.M. King Felipe VI. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a columnist for The Atlantic, after having worked in media outlets such as The Washington Post, The Economist y The Spectator. From his dual academic and journalistic experience, Applebaum offers a unique perspective on international politics, new forms of authoritarian power and the role of information in 21st century democracies.

Federico Steinberg is Prince of Asturias Professor at Georgetown University and Senior Research Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute. He is lecturer in the Department of Economic Analysis of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (on leave of absence) and Visiting Fellow of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia Programme of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Between 2019 and 2024, he was special advisor to the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell and is a member of the Advisory Council of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise of the Government of Spain. He has worked as a consultant for the World Bank in Washington D.C., Ghana and Bolivia, as well as in the Executive Office of the Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, and has taught and lectured in various postgraduate programmes in Europe and Latin America. He has published articles in journals such as Journal of Common Market Studies, Review of International Political Economy, New Political Economy y Economic Systems Research. He is also a regular columnist in several Spanish media and appears regularly on radio and television. Federico Steinberg holds a PhD in Economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, a Master's degree in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a Master's degree in International Relations from Columbia University (New York).

If you would like to attend, please contact the Foundation by e-mail at confirmaciones@frdelpino.es.

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