Iván Krastev (Lukovit, 1965) is one of the most consulted political scientists in Europe. Born in Bulgaria governed by the Communist Party, Krastev left his country to study at Saint Anthony’s College at the University of Oxford, where he trained together with the philosopher Ralf Dahrendorf – winner of the Prince of Asturias Award in 2008 – to become one of the most visible defenders of political liberalism. He is the author of a dozen essays, in which he has addressed topics such as anti-corruption policies, the role of the United States in global geopolitics and the paradoxes of the covid-19 pandemic. The Bulgarian intellectual presides over the Bulgarian Center for Liberal Strategies ideas laboratory, and has spent three decades examining European unrest.
Krastev is convinced that Trump and his team will do what they say they are going to do. “Even if his government is not particularly successful, even if it fails, America will never be what it was. It will be different.” The political scientist analyzes, among other issues, the rise to power of the extreme right in the United States, as well as its impact in Europe, in a conversation with journalists Andrea Pipino, from the Italian publication International, and Lionel Jullien, Brussels correspondent for the ARTE channel, media that, along with others, make up the Emove Hub project, in which Morning Express participates. “If Donald Trump is going to do what he wants to do, there will be a ceasefire.” [en Ucrania] at the cost of neutrality and Russia controlling some of the territories it controls now,” says Krastev.
Krastev assumes that Europe is going through a difficult time. “The world that is ending before our eyes was a world where Europe felt good, where it had found its place. So now Europe is trying to reposition itself and it is going to be a painful process.”
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