4 Quotes & Sayings By Ivan Krastev

Ivan Krastev is Director of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria. He has written extensively on European integration, European identity, and the European social model. His latest book, The Dictator's Dilemma: Why Good People Can't Always Be Honest (2013), was published by Harvard University Press. He was formerly the Executive Director of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria Read more

He has written extensively on European integration, European identity, and the European social model. His latest book, The Dictator's Dilemma: Why Good People Can't Always Be Honest (2013), was published by Harvard University Press.

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Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust. Ivan Krastev
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America gave the world the notion of the melting pot - an alchemical cooking device wherein diverse ethnic and religious groups voluntarily mix together, producing a new, American identity. And while critics may argue that the melting pot is a national myth, it has tenaciously informed the America's collective imagination. Ivan Krastev
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Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises. Ivan Krastev