Any unveiling is also veiling. No matter how transparent our governments want to be, governments will be selectively transparent. — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
In 2008, Putin's message was, 'We aren't like a Central Asian republic, we aren't going to build a personalistic regime, we will have institutions.' This is all abolished now. The very idea of a governing party and party career, as… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
America gave the world the notion of the melting pot - an alchemical cooking device wherein diverse ethnic and religious groups voluntarily mix together,… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust. — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
[It's] difficult to engage people in politics when they believe that what really matters is where they personally stand. — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
For the European Union, Russia is as important politically and economically as China is to the U.S. — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
The post-Cold War order in Europe is finished, with Vladimir Putin its executioner. Russia's invasion of Georgia only marked its passing. Russia has emerged… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
The United States and Russia probably do not have common aims and dreams, but they have common worries: Both Washington and Moscow are concerned… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
It is people's willingness to take personal risks and confront the powerful by daring to speak the truth, not the truth itself, that ultimately… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
Living in truth cannot be reduced to having access to full information. — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
True, Putin's Russia does not dream of joining the E.U., but Russia's stability depends on preserving the European nature of its regime. — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
The Church of TED is very optimistic. Bulgarians are some of the most pessimistic in the world. There are the Happy, the Unhappy and… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
For the Kremlin, it is more feasible to preserve its great-power status in cooperation with the United States than in confrontation. — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
Remember, until the 1970s, the spread of democracy has always been accompanied by the decline of inequality. The more democratic our societies have been,… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
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