This is more activist history than anything the Vanderbilt report discusses. Completely warping facts and abusing political reality in defense of a bygone neoliberal world order.
Applebaum: What binds Russia, China, Iran and North Korea is not religion or ideology.
China is communist, Russia nationalist, Iran theocratic. What binds them is fear of liberal language: rights, rule of law, separation of powers and independent courts. 1/