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Ivan Krastev
Ivan Krastev is Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofia.
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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: 3514 -
Europe’s 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: 9824

