Ivan Krastev
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322 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 8 Jul
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This is very typical, by the way, for the monarchical politics because important is what matters for the guy.
And from this point of view, being strategic, particularly if you're working with the guy, is the biggest mistake that you can do.
Be sure that you know what he cares about.
When he said that basically he wants to buy Greenland, I was trying to say this is also a risky strategy because probably the sovereign fund of Norway can come with a higher price.
And don't forget...
And also Adam is making a point, which is very important, because between Putin and Xi, both of them are obsessed with a long history.
You remember famous Xi saying, we see a change, which is, are you really going to bet on Trump if you want to build the relations with the United States?
And this is the interesting story with the Russians.
From our point of view, they're overexcited about Trump.
But on the other side, the Russians are very much afraid that they can make a deal that is not going to survive for a long time.
And this is why on one level, he cannot make a deal.
But on the other, others don't believe that they can make a deal with him because they still don't know what is a post-Trump America.
We know that post-Trump America is not pre-Trump America.
I don't believe that anybody has doubts on this, but how exactly it's going to look like, what kind of a geostrategic vision it's going to have, what kind of political values it's going to share.
From this point of view, paradoxically, what we're seeing everywhere is identity politics, but on a global level, everybody's asking themselves who we are.
And this is for America?
This is for Russia?
And in my view, this is also where the part of the big problem with the current administration is.
Because we talk as if in the world there is a major kind of rise of authoritarianism and so on.
I don't see it like this.
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