Ivan Krastev
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Ivan Krastev

Political scientist, President of the Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Ivan Krastev is President of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a permanent member of the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, Austria. He is also a founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, a board member of the International Crisis Group and a regular contributor to The New York Times. He is the author of Est-ce déjà demain? Le monde paradoxal de l'après-Covid-19 (translated into French by Frédéric Joly and Amélie Petit for Editions Premier Parallèle, 2020; available in English from Penguin, October 2020) ; Le Moment illibéral (translated into French by Johan Frederik Hel Guedj for éditions Fayard, 2019; available in English from éditions Allen Lane, 2019), co-authored with Stephen Holmes and winner of the 30th edition of the annual Lionel-Gelber Prize; After Europe (UPenn Press, 2017); Democracy Disrupted. The Global Politics on Protest (UPenn Press, 2014) and In Mistrust We Trust: Can Democracy Survive When We Don't Trust Our Leaders? (TED Books, 2013). In 2020, Ivan Krastev was awarded the Jean Améry Prize for European Essay.