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Ivan Krastev
Ivan Krastev is Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofia.
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When China Rules
Ivan Krastev Series: The Worldly Philosophers 2011-12-28While America’s allure is partly its ability to transform others into Americans, the Chinese have tried not to change the world, but to adjust to it. If China becomes a superpower, the Chinese will not seek to remake the global order, but rather to extract the greatest possible benefit from existing rules.... read Comments: 11 Recommended: 0 Read: 18624
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The Balkans’ New Normal
Ivan Krastev Series: Europe at Home and Abroad 2010-12-14
Ten years after the last war in the region, the Balkans still comprises an assemblage of frustrated protectorates and weak states. And, while people in the region still believe in the EU, they are no longer sure that the EU believes in itself.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 1 Read: 14757
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A European Cure for Balkan Depression
Ivan Krastev Series: Europe at Home and Abroad 
2009-11-24All those who have made it their job to praise stability in the Western Balkans should assess public-opinion surveys revealing widespread pessimism in the region. Stability alone can no longer be the EU’s only objective in the region, and the hope that these countries can muddle through on their own is a dangerous illusion.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 11349
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Containing Russia
Ivan Krastev Series: Europe at Home and Abroad 2008-09-08Any re-thinking of EU policy toward Russia should recognize that the current Russian regime’s domestic legitimacy is based, to a large extent, on the perception that it is striving to bring Russia back into European civilization. Using this fact requires basing the institutions of the new European order on the EU, not on the individual member states. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 17394
