Remember, until the 1970s, the spread of democracy has always been accompanied by the decline of inequality. The more democratic our societies have been, the more equal they have been becoming. Now we have the reverse tendency. The spread of democracy now is very much accompanied by the increase in inequality. Ivan Krastev Read Quote
Before, revolutions used to have ideological names. They could be communist, they could be liberal, they could be fascist or Islamic. Now, the revolutions are called under the medium which is most used. You have Facebook revolutions, Twitter revolutions. The content doesn’t matter anymore – the problem is the media. Ivan Krastev Read Quote
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 Read Quote
America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized and financially indebted. Ivan Krastev Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Regimes like the one in Russia are stabilized by the fact that they have no ideology. There is really no ideological means to attack them. Ivan Krastev Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The post-Cold War order in Europe is finished, with Vladimir Putin its executioner. Russia’s invasion of Georgia only marked its passing. Russia has emerged as a born-again 19th-century power determined to challenge the intellectual, moral and institutional foundations of the order. Ivan Krastev Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Any unveiling is also veiling. No matter how transparent our governments want to be, governments will be selectively transparent. Ivan Krastev Read Quote
