Ivan Krastev is Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies, Sofia, and Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna. His latest book is In Mistrust We Trust: Can Democracy Survive When We Don't Trust Our Leaders?
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Ivan Krastev
Commentaries by Ivan Krastev
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Bulgaria’s Revolt Against Consensus
SOFIA – The logic behind the European Union’s drive to constitutionalize budget constraints and remove key economic decisions from electoral…
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The Transparency Conspiracy
SOFIA – One of the most troubling outcomes of the ongoing financial crisis has been a collapse of trust in democratic institutions and polit…
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When China Rules
VIENNA – For a European these days, thinking about the future is disturbing. America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized, and…
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The Balkans’ New Normal
SOFIA – The Balkans is the European Union’s untold success story. The EU’s commitment to bringing the region within its borders remains firm…
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A European Cure for Balkan Depression
VIENNA – European politics is mostly shaped by events and anniversaries. But while events are often unforeseeable, anniversaries are not. Fi…
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Containing Russia
Sofia -- The post-Cold War order in Europe is finished, with Vladimir Putin its executioner. Russia’s withdrawal from the Treaty of Convent…
Bulgaria’s Revolt Against Consensus
Carol Maczinsky: As Kant argued: "Man darf sich bei Vergehungen gegen die Redlichkeit niemals auf die Schwäche der menschlichen Natur berufen; denn in der Redlichkeit kann man vollkommen sein."
Bulgaria’s Revolt Against Consensus
s. borovska: Just a note regarding "the fact that protesters have largely scapegoated the Czech and Austrian electricity providers that control the local market": in fact, CEZ is a conglomerate of 96 companies. P…