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==Geopolitics==
Garton Ash describes himself as a [[liberal internationalist]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/13/liberal-internationalists-populists-globalisation|title=Liberal internationalists have to own up: we left too many people behind|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> He is a supporter of what he calls the
Garton Ash first came to prominence during the Cold War as a supporter of [[free speech]] and [[human rights]] within countries which were part of the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Eastern Bloc]], paying particular attention to Poland and Germany. In more recent times he has represented a British liberal pro-EU viewpoint, nervous at the rise of [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Donald Trump]] and [[Brexit]]. He is strongly opposed to conservative and populist leaders of EU nations such as [[Viktor Orbán]] of [[Hungary]], arguing that Merkel should "freeze him out", evoking "[[appeasement]]."<ref name="orban">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/12/viktor-orban-appeasement-merkel-centre-right-hungary|title=We know the price of appeasement. That’s why we must stand up to Viktor Orbán|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> Garton Ash was particularly upset about Orbán's move against [[George Soros]]' [[Central European University]].<ref name="orban"/> Anti-Soviet themes and Poland remain topics of interest for Garton Ash; once a promoter of the anti-Eastern Bloc movement in Poland, he notes with regret the move away from [[liberalism]] and globalism towards [[populism]] and [[authoritarianism]] under socially conservative political and religious leaders such as [[Jarosław Kaczyński]], in a similar manner to his criticisms of Hungary's Orbán.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/07/polish-democracy-destroyed-constitution-media-poland|title=The pillars of Poland’s democracy are being destroyed|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref>
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