Top 27 Quotes by Ivan Krastev

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Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust.

Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust.

Ivan Krastev

The E.U. cannot act as guardian of the post-Cold War status quo without risking a collapse of Europe's current institutional infrastructure.

The E.U. cannot act as guardian of the post-Cold War status quo without risking a collapse of Europe's current institutional infrastructure.

Ivan Krastev

As a rule, governments monitor people.

As a rule, governments monitor people.

Ivan Krastev

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 leads to change.

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 leads to change.

Ivan Krastev

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.

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

The crisis of democracy in the West is not the result of falling in love with another system. In Europe and America people who are disillusioned with democracy do not dream about the Chinese model or any other form of authoritarian rule. They do not dream about government that controls Internet and puts in prison those daring to disagree.

Ivan Krastev

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

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

For the Kremlin, it is more feasible to preserve its great-power status in cooperation with the United States than in confrontation.

For the Kremlin, it is more feasible to preserve its great-power status in cooperation with the United States than in confrontation.

Ivan Krastev

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

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

Ivan Krastev

As China is about adaptation, not transformation, it is unlikely to change the world dramatically should it ever assume the global driver's seat. But this does not mean that China won't exploit that world for its own purposes.

Ivan Krastev

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