As the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall nears, questions of democracy’s current state in Central and Eastern Europe are particularly prevalent. Is democracy in a crisis? Or is it still on an encouraging pattern?

This week, NDI President Derek Mitchell sits down with Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, analyst, professor, and historian, Anne Applebaum to discuss the current state of democracy in Europe, and how that affects the rest of the world. Listen as they face the current challenges to democracy, while assessing its continued resilience.