Ivan Krastev

Ivan Krastev is the chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna.

Stories by Ivan Krastev

Anne Applebaum in Udine, Italy, on Jan. 26, 2019.

The Tragic Romance of the Nostalgic Western Liberal

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August 15, 2020, 3:25 PM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stepping out of a 212 A submarine of the German Marine in Rostock Warnemuende, northeastern Germany. (JENS BUETTNER/AFP/Getty Images)

3 Versions of Europe Are Collapsing at the Same Time

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July 10, 2018, 1:00 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at Belfast International airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June 17, 2013, to attend the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort. US President Barack Obama was to meet Putin for potentially vexatious talks, as both leaders now offer open military backing to rival sides in Syria's civil war. AFP PHOTO/ PETER MUHLY

The Kremlin Is Starting to Worry About Trump

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Ivan Krastev, Stephen Holmes

February 13, 2017, 9:51 AM

Cars pass by a billboard showing US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin placed by pro-Serbian movement in the town of Danilovgrad on November 16, 2016.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump spoke on the phone on November 15, evening and agreed on the need to normalise ties between Washington and Moscow, the Kremlin said. / AFP / Savo PRELEVIC (Photo credit should read SAVO PRELEVIC/AFP/Getty Images)

Get Ready for the Most Violent Détente Ever

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Ivan Krastev, Stephen Holmes

November 21, 2016, 3:44 PM

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of conservative PiS (Law and Justice) party arrives to cast his ballot for the European Parliament elections on May 25, 2014 at a polling station in Warsaw. AFP PHOTO / WOJTEK RADWANSKI (Photo credit should read WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

The Plane Crash Conspiracy Theory That Explains Poland

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December 21, 2015, 2:45 PM

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