Ivan Krastev

For the European Union, Russia is as important politically and economically as China is to the U.S.

Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises.

America is a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of people who never emigrate. Notably, Americans living outside the United States are not called emigrants, but 'expats.'

Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries.

It's interesting that Swiss banks also hide their assets from the Swiss by using offshore bank structuring.