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Ivan Krastev
Born
in Lukovit, Bulgaria
January 01, 1965
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The Light that Failed: A Reckoning
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2019
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32 editions
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After Europe
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2017
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25 editions
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Is It Tomorrow Yet? Paradoxes of the Pandemic
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2020
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24 editions
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Democracy Disrupted: The Politics of Global Protest
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2014
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5 editions
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In Mistrust We Trust
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2013
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Lezioni per il futuro. Sette paradossi del mondo nuovo
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Le moment illibéral
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Meta tin Europi / Μετά την Ευρώπη
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Qué piensa Rusia
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Lumina frântă: De ce pierde Occidentul lupta pentru democraţie
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“Paradoxically, it is the “convertible competencies” of the present elites, the fact that they are equally fit to run a bank in Bulgaria or in Bangladesh or to teach in Athens or Tokyo, that makes people so suspicious of them. People fear that in times of trouble, the meritocrats will opt to leave instead of sharing the cost of staying.
In this sense, meritocratic elites contrast with land-owning aristocratic elites, who are devoted to their estates and cannot take their estates with them in case they want to run away. They also contrast with communist elites, who always had better goods, better health care, and better education. But what they did not have was the power to leave; it was always easier for an ordinary person to emigrate.”
― After Europe
In this sense, meritocratic elites contrast with land-owning aristocratic elites, who are devoted to their estates and cannot take their estates with them in case they want to run away. They also contrast with communist elites, who always had better goods, better health care, and better education. But what they did not have was the power to leave; it was always easier for an ordinary person to emigrate.”
― After Europe
“Without help from a team of American political consultants and especially without a Clinton-arranged loan from the IMF coming on the eve of the elections, it is very likely that Boris Yeltsin would have lost his bid for re-election in 1996.”
― The Light that Failed: A Reckoning
― The Light that Failed: A Reckoning
“Putin does not dream of conquering Warsaw or re-occupying Riga. On the contrary, his policies, to repeat, are an expression of aggressive isolationism, an attempt to consolidate one’s own civilizational space. They embody his defensive reaction to the threat to Russia posed by global economic interdependency and digital interoperability as well as the seemingly unstoppable diffusion of Western social and cultural norms.”
― The Light that Failed: A Reckoning
― The Light that Failed: A Reckoning
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