At a time when democratic values and achievements are increasingly being caricatured and attacked, her work embodies an eminent and indispensable contribution to the preservation of democracy and peace,” the award citation said of Applebaum.
The Polish-American journalist is a writer for US magazine, The Atlantic, and has written extensively about Central and Eastern Europe., according to DW.
According to Appelbaum’s biography, she is considered an expert in Eastern European history and “warned early on of Vladimir Putin’s possible violent expansion policy.”
Appelbaum is the author of The Gulag (2003)”, “The Iron Curtain” (2012), “Red Hunger” (2019) and “The Lure of Authoritarianism” (2021), in which she delves into the authoritarian power.