<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Ivan Krastev]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ivan Krastev]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/stream/4e4ea706-86ac-495f-b2f8-6b89251d624d</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 11:12:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ft.com/stream/4e4ea706-86ac-495f-b2f8-6b89251d624d?format=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2025. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberal Europe must learn some history lessons to survive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Giving up the idea that 1989 marked an epochal victory for its worldview would reveal our current moment more clearly]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4395539d-12c9-4de7-9152-0b325084221d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4395539d-12c9-4de7-9152-0b325084221d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:00:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The west only listens to what it wants to hear from Moscow ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Putin is in no hurry to negotiate the end of conflict in Ukraine ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d6df79f6-1df4-45f3-8030-e562cb793f33</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d6df79f6-1df4-45f3-8030-e562cb793f33</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 04:00:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rise of frozen democracies is bad news]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bulgaria is suffering from political long Covid — and the rest of Europe is at risk]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0ae689a8-cce1-42b3-9ff7-a0ae0bbb5dc4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0ae689a8-cce1-42b3-9ff7-a0ae0bbb5dc4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:25:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The US itself could be the biggest loser in this election]]></title><description><![CDATA[Comparisons with the last days of the Soviet Union are revealing]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d7b626f8-0834-41e2-917b-f966bcd9b586</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d7b626f8-0834-41e2-917b-f966bcd9b586</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 04:00:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The European elections will be a rough ride for the political mainstream]]></title><description><![CDATA[Parties of the far right are set to prosper, but will also face challenges of their own]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1cda0451-b992-4aa2-be9c-b2174cf8ba64</link><guid 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is not convinced that this is a winnable war]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ac5ee4a9-03cd-4e12-8496-ec9a951f95db</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ac5ee4a9-03cd-4e12-8496-ec9a951f95db</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 05:00:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Secret Hitler’ and the risks of real-life liberal confusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[How a popular board game that pits two teams against one another has lessons for democracies]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/59ec9066-f507-4fe1-9790-2d1bb4482932</link><guid isPermaLink="false">59ec9066-f507-4fe1-9790-2d1bb4482932</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 04:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is now a ‘collective Putin’ in the Kremlin]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Russian president has come to fear his elites as much as they fear him]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9a7d8d5f-a332-41e8-9845-db805dfc7ed4</link><guid 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than on the menu]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0129492d-ac7f-4807-8050-2760a09e9ccc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0129492d-ac7f-4807-8050-2760a09e9ccc</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:37:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine’s counter-offensive has left Putin encircled at home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kyiv’s military successes have forced the Russian president into making choices he wished to avoid]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1ca316d3-9997-4a1e-aa53-1c7b1fdd62db</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1ca316d3-9997-4a1e-aa53-1c7b1fdd62db</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2022 15:11:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The EU is losing control of events on its conflict-ridden periphery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Failure is most evident in the Balkans, ill-suited to political models devised in western Europe]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ebe92bd2-877e-4f6c-8be9-38aea3b29784</link><guid 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