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

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• Ivan Krastev:

  The post-Cold War order in Europe is finished, with Vladimir Putin its executioner. Russia's invasi

• Ivan Krastev:

  The E.U. cannot act as guardian of the post-Cold War status quo without risking a collapse of Europ

• Ivan Krastev:

  True, Putin's Russia does not dream of joining the E.U., but Russia's stability depends on preservi

• Ivan Krastev:

  Living in truth cannot be reduced to having access to full information.

• Ivan Krastev:

  It is people's willingness to take personal risks and confront the powerful by daring to speak the

• Ivan Krastev:

  As a rule, governments monitor people.

• Ivan Krastev:

  America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized and financially indebted.

• Ivan Krastev:

  America is a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of people who never emigrate. Notably, A

• Ivan Krastev:

  America gave the world the notion of the melting pot - an alchemical cooking device wherein diverse

• Ivan Krastev:

  As China is about adaptation, not transformation, it is unlikely to change the world dramatically s