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„Jak dnes může být liberálně smýšlející Evropan optimistou, pokud jde o budoucnost Evropy?“ Tento dotaz zazněl na nedávné přednášce bulharského politologa Ivana Krasteva ve Vídni. V komentáři pro britský list Financial Times se Krastev zaměřuje na perspektivu Evropy v současném mezinárodním prostředí a na to, jak ji ovlivňuje interpretace minulosti.

„Jak dnes může být liberálně smýšlející Evropan optimistou, pokud jde o budoucnost Evropy?“ Tento dotaz zazněl na nedávné přednášce bulharského politologa Ivana Krasteva ve Vídni. V komentáři pro britský list Financial Times se Krastev zaměřuje na perspektivu Evropy v současném mezinárodním prostředí a na to, jak ji ovlivňuje interpretace minulosti.Všechny díly podcastu Svět ve 20 minutách můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

Emil Krastev (Multiple Worlds Medalist) & Kedric Kwan (Elite Coach) join KOTL. Hosted by 6 Pack Lapadat

Am 3. Dezember 2024 war es wieder an der Zeit für unserem zur Tradition gewordenen Jahresausklang mit dem hochrenommierten Politikwissenschafter Ivan Krastev. Im Gespräch mit Mirjana Tomic, der Außenpolitik-Expertin des Presseclubs, fasst Krastev die komplexe geopolitische Ausgangslage für das kommende Jahr in gewohnt origineller und eloquenter Weise zusammen. We thank our partners at IWM and ERSTE STIFTUNG for their cooperation and for making this event possible.

I today's #podcast episode I interview Petar Krastev. I ask Petar about the challenges he faced as he began his journey to becoming a fitness coach. I also ask Petar about how he found faith and how it changed his journey. Petar also shares more about what he does as a fitness coach.   Show Notes and Resources.

Yascha Mounk and Ivan Krastev discuss what Trump's reelection will mean for the future of the world. Ivan Krastev is a political scientist, the chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria, and permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. Krastev is the author of After Europe and, with Stephen Holmes, of The Light that Failed: A Reckoning. In this week's conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ivan Krastev discuss the advent of the Trump era in American politics; why liberals need to eschew their nostalgia for an older form of politics that now appears irretrievably lost; and how America's retreat will transform European culture. This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: podcast@persuasion.community  Website: http://www.persuasion.community Podcast production by Jack Shields, and Brendan Ruberry Connect with us! Spotify | Apple | Google Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk & @joinpersuasion Youtube: Yascha Mounk LinkedIn: Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a textIn this episode, I speak with Petar Krastev on how he arrived in the UK with 10 euros, battled with homelessness and through resilience and entrepreneurship continued to business success.★ Petar's Bio: ★ Hello! I'm Petar Krastev, founder of Coach PK, a fitness coach, and a grateful servant of God who has blessed me with a path of transformation, resilience, and faith.At 22, I left my home country with just 10 euros and a bag of clothes, embarking on a journey that was anything but easy. From living on the streets and working in grueling jobs, to spending 18 months in a lock-up garage without basic amenities, I faced extreme hardship. But even through these struggles, I never gave up on my dream of building something meaningful. It was in these dark moments that I made a commitment to fitness and personal growth, laying the foundation for Coach PK.In 2019, my life took a profound turn when I found Jesus and became a Newborn Christian. God saved me and gave me the strength to overcome the toughest moments, transforming my soul in the process. My business and life are now grounded in my faith, and I am eternally grateful for the blessings I've received.Through God's grace, I founded Coach PK, where I guide entrepreneurs and business leaders—those who often sacrifice their health for career success—toward reclaiming their fitness and well-being. My approach is not just about physical transformation but about fostering spiritual and mental resilience as well.I also revived the Limitless Body And Mind community, where we come together to support one another in achieving holistic health. Each year, we host an immersive retreat in a remote natural paradise, combining fitness, reflection, and personal growth. These retreats are designed to help high achievers disconnect, recharge, and return to their lives stronger, both physically and spiritually.I'm deeply thankful for the recognition my work has received. In addition to helping transform countless lives, I was honored to be a finalist for Fitness & Nutrition Transformation Coach of the Year at the Paseda360 National Coaching Awards in the UK, and I won the Excellence in Healthcare award at the Health 2.0 Conference in Dubai in 2024. But more than anything, I'm thankful to God for guiding me on this journey.My story is one of perseverance, faith, and a commitment to helping others reach their highest potential—physically, mentally, and spiritually. I'd love to join your podcast to share how faith, fitness, and resilience can transform lives, especially for entrepreneurs and leaders looking to balance their careers with their health.Connect with Petar:https://www.pk.coach/

A reflective conversation between leading public intellectual Ivan Krastev, chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and ELIAMEP's Loukas Tsoukalis, on the prospects of future EU enlargements, in both the Western Balkans and Ukraine.Is an EU of 35 realistic? Recorded at the Delphi Economic Forum in April 2024, Krastev and Tsoukalis offer valuable insights on how a future enlargement will be different than previous ones, how can it be achieved, whether Western Balkans integration in the EU is directly linked to the outcome of the war in Ukraine and how demographics change the nature of the democratic process. Ultimately, can Ukraine change Europe from a project of peace to a project of war and peace?

Jurgen Tiekstra in gesprek met hoogleraar Internationale Politiek Tom Sauer (Universiteit van Antwerpen) over de ontstaansgeschiedenis van de Russisch-Oekraïense Oorlog en hoe te onderhandelen naar vrede. Bronnen en links bij deze uitzending: - Bestel hier het boek 'De strijd voor vrede' van Sauer: https://www.pelckmansuitgevers.be/de-strijd-voor-vrede.html - Bestel hier het boek 'Falend licht' van Krastev: https://www.atlascontact.nl/boek/falend-licht/

Dans La Bulle Littéraire, l'auteur de Orelsan, Dictionnaire critique de Nicolas Krastev-MckinnonPour tout les amoureux d'Orelsan, de rap, de littérature. Un dictionnaire comportant des mots, des chansons, des personnes de l'univers du rappeur normand Orelsan.Dans cette interview vous retrouverez : Le cheminement qui a amené l'auteur jusqu'à l'écriture de ce dictionnaire.Comment se sont fait ses choix ? Quel album Nicolas Krastev-Mckinnon garderai s'il doit écouter un seule album du rappeur pour toujours ?

durée : 02:58:32 - Le 6/9 - par : Mathilde Khlat, Benjamin Dussy, Marion L'hour, Ali Baddou - Aujourd'hui dans le 6-9, nos invités sont : à 6h20, l'auteur Nicolas Krastev-Mckinnon pour son livre sur Orelsan, à 7h50, le député européen Renew Bernard Guetta, et dans le Grand Entretien, nous discuterons avec trois intervenants autour du projet d'A69 entre Toulouse et Castres. - invités : Thomas Brail, François GEMENNE, Bernard Guetta - Thomas Brail : Porte-parole du Groupe national de surveillance des arbres (GNSA), François Gemenne : Spécialiste de la gouvernance du climat et des migrations, directeur de l'Observatoire Hugo à l'université de Liège, enseignant à Sciences-Po et à la Sorbonne, Bernard Guetta : Député européen - réalisé par : Marie MéRIER

Den bulgarske forfatter og forsker Ivan Krastev fortæller i denne uges udgave af Langsomme Samtaler, hvordan krigen i Ukraine har forandret Europa og afsløret vores nye plads i periferien. Krastev lavede sammen med kollegerne Timothy Garton Ash og Mark Leonard tidligere på året en stor undersøgelse af de globale holdninger til krigen for European Council on Foreign Relations, hvor han sidder i bestyrelsen. Undersøgelsen afdækkede to forskellige holdninger til krigen i Vesten og resten af verden. Den dominerende indstilling i Vesten er, at krigen skal vindes af Ukraine, men i Kina, Indien og Tyrkiet er det et udbredt synspunkt, at krigen bør stoppe hurtigst muligt, selv hvis det betyder, at Ukraine skal afstå territorium til Rusland. I samtalen fortæller Krastev om, hvorfor han mener, at denne forskel fortæller en større historie om, at resten af verden ikke længere er af den opfattelse, at dens skæbne afgøres af, hvad der sker i Europa. Og så fortæller han også om, hvorfor han mener, at næste års valg rundt omkring i Europa og USA kan være med til at  afgøre udfaldet af krigen i Ukraine. 

Inside LAFC Podcast Ep. 84 - Welcome Fufu With Filip Krastev by LAFC

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In episode #155 we welcomed Boris Krastev, CEO and Co-founder of RemoteMore.  Listen to this episode and learn: 

Petar Krastev shares his inspiring journey from having nothing to achieving his dream of coaching others. He discusses why you need something that's bigger than yourself and to serve others with dedication if you want to make a positive impact on the world and how genuine connection is the key to building the relationships that bring positive change KEY TAKEAWAYS When you commit to something you have to change and what I went through gave me insane skills As soon as I found God everything changed and sharing my story was very healing There is a huge impact from sharing, it's an amazing process that makes a huge difference I knew I had to create a service that people needed and it became online coaching You need to find a bigger purpose than yourself to live for and want to move forward There is no purpose without serving and you need to be the person serving Look at what brings you joy and dedicate your life to it and find a way to serve people with it and become obsessed at becoming great with it and you will make an impact on the world You help someone and they help someone else, it's the butterfly effect When things are dark you need to find something bigger than yourself because it's that will get you moving Calisthenics is what challenges me all the time, it helps you to understand what you are capable of BEST MOMENTS ‘I have this story that makes people want to follow me and connect with me' ‘People who come to me want to make a connection' ‘A sense of responsibility is what will keep you going' RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE https://www.pk.coach I offer 1 free coaching session as a taster that can change the trajectory of your fitness forever. If you have any questions in your mind I highly recommend just book that session on my website because you have nothing to lose and so much to gain! Instagram @peter_onlinept or email at petar@pk.coach  ABOUT THE GUEST In September 2014, at the age of 22, I left Bulgaria with nothing but a suitcase filled with a few clothes and the hope of finding work in the UK. I landed at Luton Airport and soon found myself homeless, living in a lock-up garage without electricity or water for over 18 months whilst taking any job I could find. Despite these difficult circumstances, I never gave up on my dream of having the life that some people are just blessed to have from birth. I hope you find inspiration in my story and believe in yourself. Your determination and hard work can take you to places you never thought possible. Remember, there is nobody, that can see what you can see, so don't let anyone's opinion ever stop you. Life as an immigrant may be challenging, but with the right attitude, hard work, and belief in yourself, it is possible to achieve success and build a life worth living for.''  This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Llewellyn Krastev chats with Dionne Woods on today's Paint Talks Podcast. Llewellyn is the owner and artist at Worn to Whimsy and Daydream Apothecary paint. She started painting furniture about 9 years ago when she decided to upcycle an old dresser for her youngest daughter. That one piece sparked a passion in her, and she hasn't turned back since. Llewellyn has worked slowly towards painting art on pieces learning step-by-step the basics of painting furniture and trying different products. Once she painted that first scene on a piece of furniture it filled her with such excitement and joy, she knew this is what she wanted to do with everything in her being. Website Facebook Instagram

Boris Krastevm EU: +45 81 90 86 90m US: +1 312 900 5580Boris KrastevCo-founder & CEOInterested in leadership, entrepreneurship, sales, marketing and being the best version of himself. ex-Basketball player.Let‘s connect on LinkedInWhat you get with RemoteMoreSchedule 5 interview calls for freeAccelerate your hiring by stepping on the shoulders of our pool of remote developers. We will help you book 5 interview calls with developers for free.Reliable international complianceWhen you work with RemoteMore, we take care of the compliance of hiring remotely. While you work directly, we can be the employer of record for the developers. And this is included in the price.Risk-free trial periodWe are making it risk-free to work with any developer you hire for the first 2-weeks. In case you are not satisfied with the work performed by the developers, you will not pay anything for the work done in first 2 weeks.Over 1,300 companies love working with usHire from 25,793 developersYou will save time by scheduling 5 developer interviews with candidates that match your job requirements.Pre-screened developersYou will get access to a pool of developers that are pre-screened for professional background, remote fit and technical skills.Pre-recorded profile videosYou will find the profile videos of each candidate. Inside their profile. Get to know your candidates even before doing the first interview.Full salary transparencyYou can see the salary expectations of any candidate in their profile. You can also search for specific salary ranges that are relevant to you.Compliant remote agreementsWhen you hire through RemoteMore, we take care of the cross-border hiring compliance. You just get your invoice and that's it.Active developer poolEvery month we check if the candidates are still interested in job offers, and in this way we maintain a 90% response rate.Burning America: In the Best Interest of the Children?Mick, The Doctor of Digital, Smith mick.smith@wsiworld.comBurning America: In the Best Interest of the Children?https://burning-america.comAmazon: https://www.amazon.com/G-Mick-Smith/e/B0B59X5R79Also at Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and TargetLeave a message for The Doctor of Digital:https://podinbox.com/thedoctorofdigitalpodcastInstagram: burningamericacommunityPatreon burningamericacommunity:https://www.patreon.com/SmithConsultingWSITheDoctorofDigitalPodcastListen, subscribe, share, and positively review The Aftermath:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aftermath-the-epidemic-of-divorce-custody-and-healing/id1647001828Substack:https://micksmith.substack.com/Commercials Voice Talent ||https://www.spreaker.com/user/7768747/track-1-commercialsNarratives Voice Talenthttps://www.spreaker.com/user/7768747/track-2-narrativesDo you want a free competitive analysis for your business?https://marketing.wsiworld.com/free-competitive-analysis?utm_campaign=Mick_Smith_Podcast&utm_source=SpreakerMake an Appointment:https://app.hubspot.com/meetings/mick-smithBe sure to subscribe, like, & review The Doctor of Digital™ PodcastSign up for the Doctor Up Your Life courseFacebook || Instagram || Twitter || LinkedIn || YouTubehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gmicksmith/

The advice would basically be the opposite of the mistake that I made. You have to get the strategy right. Just be very honest about your skills, knowledge, and the industry that you're passionate about. You have to get everything organized well. It's okay if you have a few components that don't fit in well, but the major ones must be correct. If they're not, don't move forward with execution too early, as you'll be stuck with something that's difficult to change later on. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-inventive-journey/message

Petar Krastev,shares how he transforms mem without a gym. Petar krastev, Leading Online Fitness Coach, empowers men wit the knowledge and courage to take charge of their health & fitness so they can become a better version of themselves. www.pk.coach

IG @Peter_onlinept https://www.pk.coach Petar is certified by the best in the world WSWCF and my future is nothing less than exciting. "I'm here to help, to serve and I do it with my whole heart and passion simply because I was chosen by some mysterious force to do exactly this. Bless you, all, thank you for reading this and I'm looking forward to connecting with you. I also encourage you to join the membership area where you'll find more than enough materials like coaching recordings, training programs, mobile app etc." Book a Coaching Call with CJ Now! Book a Coaching Call with CJ now! p-hanger.de PENIS HANGER where all MHS podcast listeners can go to get 20 percent off with the code MHS20. Jelq2Grow the best Cream on the Market specifically made for PE and recovery! IG: @masculine_health_solutions.pe IG: @crodzfit Masculine Health Solutions YouTube Channel! How to Make Your Penis Bigger EBOOK

Observed from afar, Russia's invasion of Ukraine might appear to be a replay of the Cold War stand-off between Russia and the West. But according to political scientist Ivan Krastev a closer look complicates the picture. In a recent op-ed in the Financial Times Krastev argued that while America's allies in Europe came together in support of Ukraine, other states, especially Turkey, India and Saudi Arabia have offered a different response. Turkey's role in the Russia-Ukraine war is a classic example of middle power activism. President Tayyip Erdoğan has downplayed the country's identity as a NATO member at the same time as he has positioned his country as a potential mediator between Moscow and Kyiv. India has used the war to capitalise on Western sanctions and import cheap Russian gas. And the Saudis have cosied up to Beijing and Moscow as a reminder to the United States that the US/Saudi security alliance is not unconditional. Middle powers have different goals and agendas but they all share one fundamental feature: they are determined to sit at the table of global politics and have a say in shaping their own regions. On this episode, Krastev, with journalist and academic Philippa Thomas, explores the rising activism of middle powers and how it is reshaping the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is it like to be a Bulgarian father seen through the eyes of their children? This is what the second generation of Bulgarian immigrants from Sydney say. We are listening to the school student Ben Krastev. - Какво е да си български баща погледнато през очите на децата им? За това разказват второто поколение на българските имигранти от Сидни. Слушаме ученика Бен Кръстев.

Prisoners of History?: Memory, Myth-Making, and Russia's War on Ukraine In this Monterey Conversation, Ivan Krastev (Centre for Liberal Studies), Jade McGlynn (Middlebury Institute), and Michael Kimmage (Catholic U.) discussed the role of historical myths in justifying Russia's invasion of Ukraine as well as how the systemic flaws of the authoritarian power vertical in Russia contributed to masking reality and the extent to which analysts overlooked the role of emotion and messianism in Russian decision-making. Recorded via Zoom on April 15, 2022.

Not much has gone right for Vladimir Putin since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began. Ian Bremmer speaks to political scientist and author Ivan Krastev, who believes Putin has the autocrat's curse: his back is against the wall because he can't be perceived as weak. Krastev unpacks many of Putin's problems, including his expectations about the "special operation" and how badly he misread Ukrainians. Why did Putin miscalculate so deeply? Krastev offers three explanations: Putin never accepted that the Soviet Union collapsed because communism did; he thought the West was in such decline that he'd get away with the invasion; and a sense that time is running out, because the 70-year-old Putin wants to fix all of Russia's problems in his lifetime.   But how does the Russian leader feel about the war so far? Krastev believes he's definitely not happy with what's going on, but views himself as fighting a longer and more consequential battle with the West. Krastev, who is known for his recent book, "After Europe," also talks about Putin's fears about Russia's future and its shrinking demographics, noting that no one in Russia is even allowed to discuss "life after Putin."

Not much has gone right for Vladimir Putin since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began. Ian Bremmer speaks to political scientist and author Ivan Krastev, who believes Putin has the autocrat's curse: his back is against the wall because he can't be perceived as weak. Krastev unpacks many of Putin's problems, including his expectations about the "special operation" and how badly he misread Ukrainians.   Why did Putin miscalculate so deeply? Krastev offers three explanations: Putin never accepted that the Soviet Union collapsed because communism did; he thought the West was in such decline that he'd get away with the invasion; and a sense that time is running out, because the 70-year-old Putin wants to fix all of Russia's problems in his lifetime.   But how does the Russian leader feel about the war so far? Krastev believes he's definitely not happy with what's going on, but views himself as fighting a longer and more consequential battle with the West. Krastev, who is known for his recent book, "After Europe," also talks about Putin's fears about Russia's future and its shrinking demographics, noting that no one in Russia is even allowed to discuss "life after Putin." Subscribe to the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast platform, to receive new episodes as soon as they're published.

Programming Note: Anticipating The Unintended will be on its annual year-end break for the next two weeks. Normal services will resume from Jan 9, 2022. Happy Holidays.This is the last edition for 2021. There’s always a temptation to look back at the year gone and arrive at some kind of things-we-learnt-this-year list. As much as we’d like to do that, we really have nothing insightful to offer. It wasn’t a great year for most part because of the pandemic and it is ending on a foreboding note. Anyway, so what do we have in this year-end edition? We start with talking about the one overriding emotion that the two of us had through the year. What’s that one constant feeling that summed up our view of most events during the year? We then move on to the predictions we had made at the start of 2021 and see how each of us fared. And we close out with books, newsletters, podcasts or videos that we enjoyed greatly. That’s what is on the menu today.The 2021 State Of MindRSJ: Through the year my mind went back to the lines from one of my favourite poems, The Second Coming by W.B. Yeats. It is somewhat apposite too. Yeats wrote the poem just after WW-1 had ended and during the Spanish flu pandemic. His pregnant wife contracted the flu and survived after a harrowing time. Yeats paints a bleak landscape of disorder and anarchy with warring factions and a divided world order. The voices of reason lack moral strength because the false convictions of the passionate have taken over. To quote Yeats:“The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity.”That’s how I felt most of 2021. Funnily enough, I started noticing many variations of these lines over the past months. I guess I lived through the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon on this one. I have collated them here. Back in 1871, in the introduction to his book, Descent of Man, Charles Darwin wrote:“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”In his 1931 essay, The Triumph of Stupidity, Bertrand Russell wrote:“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. Even those of the intelligent who believe that they have a nostrum are too individualistic to combine with other intelligent men from whom they differ on minor points. This was not always the case. A hundred years ago the philosophical radicals formed a school of intelligent men who were just as sure of themselves as the Hitlerites are; the result was that they dominated politics and that the world advanced rapidly both in intelligence and in material well-being.It is quite true that the intelligence of the philosophical radicals was very limited. It is, I think, undeniable that the best men of the present day have a wider and truer outlook, but the best men of that day had influence, while the best men of this are impotent spectators. Perhaps we shall have to realise that scepticism and intellectual individualism are luxuries which in our tragic age must be forgone, and if intelligence is to be effective, it will have to be combined with a moral fervour which it usually possessed in the past but now usually lacks.”In his essay, A Cult of Ignorance, published in the Newsweek (1980), Isaac Asimov wrote:“Anti- intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.Now we have slogans on the part of obscurantists: "Don't trust the experts!"... We have a new buzzword too, for anyone who admires competence, knowledge, learning and skill, and who wishes to spread it around. People like that are called 'elitists'....What shall we do about it? We might begin by asking ourselves whether ignorance is so wonderful after all, and whether it makes sense to denounce 'elitism'. I believe that every human being with a physically normal brain can learn a great deal and can be surprisingly intellectual. I believe what we badly need is social approval of learning and social rewards for learning.”Of course, all of this culminated into a wonderful paper by David Dunning and Justin Kruger titled, “Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one’s own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments”. Published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Dec 1999, the abstract of the paper asserted:“People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, because people who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it.”Thus was born the Dunning-Kruger effect. It owned 2021.Pranay:As for many of you, 2021 was my first year, in many many years, spent entirely at home. Until 2021, there were two neat compartments in my head: a ‘professional’ one and a ‘personal’ one. I associated terms such as ambition, learning, and planning only to the ‘professional’ compartment. On most issues outside that sphere, I thought I could just wing it. To use RSJ’s framing, it was the Dunning-Kruger effect at play in one compartment of life. So, 2021 has been about trying to unlearn many erroneous conclusions I had reached about wellbeing (physical and mental), parenting, relationships, and self-worth. There’s a lot to learn. But just the dissolution of the false assumption that two very different approaches apply to the two spheres of life is liberating. Our Predictions Report CardAt the start of this year, we were foolhardy enough to make a few predictions. We will see how we fared on them.RSJ:Pranay had made an important point about predictions then:“... predictions are susceptible to what Philip Tetlock calls ‘outcome-irrelevant learning’ — a situation wherein no matter the reality, people are in an excellent position to explain that what happened was consistent with their view.One way to check outcome-irrelevant learning is first to make specific, measurable predictions and then reflect on real-world outcomes at the end of the prediction horizon. Which, for this newsletter, means we will do another post at the end of 2021 reflecting on our hits and misses.”I must admit my 10 predictions didn’t exactly fit Pranay’s definition of being specific and measurable. So, as I look back, you can accuse me of conveniently retrofitting the actual outcomes to them. FWIW, let’s see how I fared.Prediction 1: By the end of 2021, we will all realise we overrated the long-term impact of the pandemic on everything. There won’t be any ‘new normal’ to write home about. Things will be more of the same.Outcome: Largely true, I would think. Maybe 6/10 on accuracy. No dramatic shift seen on anything yet. Prediction 2:  The size of the stimulus in most developed economies and the amount of liquidity pumped into the system will mean two things – eventual inflation and a repeat of the taper tantrum in future. Deficits have come to mean nothing and any future slowdown in the economy or fall in markets will mean more stimulus.Outcome: Not bad. I guess 7/10 on this.Prediction 3: The stock markets are in bubble territory now. But there won’t be any reckoning in 2021. The stocks doing well during the pandemic will continue to do well. The divergence between the real economy and the street will continue to confound all of us.Outcome: Cannot complain. 7.5/10Prediction 4: The early signs are of a K-shaped recovery around the world. This will be strengthened in 2021. A small set of companies and people will see a rising graph of growth and prosperity. The long-term impact of the pandemic will be to worsen inequality. The early but definite signs of this will show up in 2021.Outcome: Again 7.5/10Prediction 5: Credit offtake will be weak and the revival of consumption story will be dampened because of this. Private investments were trending downwards anyway before the pandemic. Its revival seems unlikely in 2021.Outcome: Maybe 7/10Prediction 6: The Chinese economy will lead the global growth engine. Despite its misadventures during the pandemic, China will continue its rise to the top. The Biden administration will take a more accommodative stance towards China. The trade war will subside and the EU will continue to strengthen its relationship with China. Outcome: Mostly wrong. China has continued to do well but it has its problems. 3/10Prediction 7: Technology sovereignty will be a key theme in 2021. Countries across the western world will assert their technology independence. The most common form this will take is in keeping Chinese technology companies out of strategic sectors like telecom and finance infrastructure services. Or you could expect heavy fines for restrictive or anti-competitive practices and heavier hand of regulations on these (big tech) companies.Outcome: Largely right. China itself came down heavily on its tech giants while Lina Khan, the chair of FTC, continued her tirade against Big Tech. 6/10Prediction 8: How to vaccinate India will be a policy question that will keep everyone busy in the first half of 2021. Everything about vaccines – procurement, pricing, storage, administration and safety – will test our policymakers. My guess is we will do quite well in this entire exercise. Outcome: I guess we did better than what we expected at the start of 2021. We are still behind on booster doses and vaccines for kids though. 7/10Prediction 9: It won’t be a great year for reforms. The wrong lessons will be learnt from the protests against farm law reforms. Plus, the usual set of assembly elections and the weak economy post the pandemic will continue to weigh on the government. So good, bold and much-needed reforms across sectors will again go into the backburner. Outcome: Cannot disagree. Barring Air India sale and some boost to manufacturing, not much happened here. The start-up story isn’t really a government story to own. Then there was the farm law repeal. Enough said. 7/10Prediction 10: The BJP election machine will have a mixed year. Barring Assam where it should keep its majority and some gains in West Bengal, it won’t see much success. The campaign and the narrative building leading up to elections in Assam and West Bengal will not be for the faint-hearted. There will be a plethora of fake news, violence and no-holds-barred Muslim bashing. The signs are already there on the news channels. The opposition will remain largely ineffective with some kind of split happening in the Congress during the year. But there will also be the earliest sign of some kind of coming together of regional parties to counter BJP in 2024. This seems inevitable.Outcome: Well, that looks fairly accurate. So 8/10.Overall, not bad but I will try to be more specific about next year’s predictions.Pranay:This is the report card of the five predictions I made at the start of 2021. Prediction 11: Petrol prices in Bangalore will hit ₹100 at least once before the end of 2021.Outcome: Petrol prices were at ₹86.47 in Bengaluru on 1st Jan 2021. The prediction was based on the reasoning that excise duties on petrol and diesel are the superhero of last resort for state and union governments. As public spending rose in the backdrop of the second wave of COVID-19, both union and state governments took the easy route of increasing taxes on petrol and diesel. Petrol prices hit the hundred mark in June and galloped to ₹113 by November. Since then, they have settled to just above ₹100. Of course, there were no nationwide protests over the issue. No electoral results were attributed to this price hike, even though the rising inflation would have hit many people hard. Prediction 12: A maximum of 2 CPSUs will be privatised by the end of 2021.Outcome: The backdrop of this prediction was the buzz surrounding the union government’s grand scheme to sell its stake in over 25 CPSUs. The Ministry of Finance’s reply in the Lok Sabha has the details. And from what I can gather, just two CPSUs have found a buyer this year — Air India and Central Electronics Limited.Prediction 13: GST will continue to have the current five tax slabs.Outcome: My reasoning behind this prediction was that the fiasco on the GST compensation cess has broken the trust between union and state governments, and the latter will not welcome any further changes in the GST regime this year. Prediction 14: The status quo at Ladakh in terms of territorial control will continue.Outcome: Just yesterday, the Indian Air Force Chief had this to say: “the standoff does continue. Disengagement has taken place in certain areas in Eastern Ladakh. But, the complete disengagement has not yet been done I would not like to go into the details, but suffice to say we are deployed, we are prepared to take on any challenge that may face us in that area with the shortest of notice.”Prediction 15: The number of US service personnel in Afghanistan will fall below 2500 by the end of 2021.Outcome: The prediction turned out to be true of course. But little did I expect that the withdrawal would put the Taliban in full control of Afghanistan. Finally, I also had a note related to RSJ’s prediction on US and China. The Biden administration has, indeed, continued key elements of the previous administration’s trade policies on China. In the high tech domain, the restrictions are likely to tighten further.These were my five predictions. In retrospect, it looks like I made some safe (and obvious?) bets. Read, Saw Or HeardWe will close with our top recommendations of books, podcasts, newsletters et al, that we came across in 2021. RSJ: In no particular order, here are mineThis Is How They Tell Me The World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race. A riveting take on global cyber warfare by Nicole Perloth that reads like a thriller. Deservingly won the 2021 Financial Times Business Book of the Year award.The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race. Walter Issacson’s book couldn’t have been more timely. The history of gene editing, development of CRISPR and how all of it came together to create vaccines for Covid-19 are all part of this absorbing and informative book. The Light that Failed: A Reckoning. Krastev and Holmes on why liberal democracy faltered in eastern Europe. There are lessons for everyone there. India’s Founding Moment: The Constitution of a Most Surprising Democracy. Madhav Khosla’s wonderful narration of the people, the ideas and the debates that went into the creation of our Constitution. Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages by Peggy Mohan. A forensic on Indian languages and what they tell us about our history and the evolution of our culture. Civilisation and reclaiming of it is often thrown about loosely in India these days. Our languages hold the secrets of our civilisation. Understanding them may be a useful precondition to whatever it is we are trying to reclaim. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. A peek into our future where kids are kept company by artificial friends but love still makes the world go round. The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz. A ‘howdunit’ that keeps you engrossed till the end though you figure out the climax two-thirds of the way. Surprising that way.The Reith Lectures: Pranay introduced them to me and I have been hooked since.The Lex Fridman Podcast: The ‘Amit Varma, Sam Harris and Russ Roberts rolled into one’ of science and tech podcasting. Long episodes (many over 5 hours) about deep tech, AI, string theory, ultramarathons, truck driving and whatever else that catches Lex’s fancy.Ideas of India by Shruti Rajagopalan: Great conversations and a much needed platform to hear from young scholars about their work on India. Newsletters: Noahopinion by Noah Smith (original and insightful) and Chartbook by Adam Tooze (the best place to find out about new books and interesting ideas). Also, Strange Loop Canon by Rohit (no idea about his last name) and SneakyArt Post by Nishant Jain - two newsletters from Indians based abroad that I found interesting. Read them.There were other books (esp fiction) and interesting podcast episodes to share but maybe some other time Pranay:Humankind: A Hopeful History challenged my Bayesian priors like no other book this year.The Quillette online magazine usually has pieces that go against the prevailing dominant narratives. Womaning in India newsletter taught me a lot. Anirban Mahapatra’s Gyandemic newsletter is full of TILs on new science findings.Your Undivided Attention Podcast convinced me that our information environment is polluted and we need to take charge of our consumption choices. Take care. Stay safe. See you in 2022. Subscribe at publicpolicy.substack.com

This week on the podcast I'm talking with Llewellyn Krastev of Worn to Whimsy! Llewellyn is an incredible furniture and canvas artist who draws her inspiration from the landscapes of Washington State! In this episode of Makers Chat she is talking with us about how she began to incorporate art on her furniture projects a few years back and hasn't looked back! Check out her work and follow her business on Facebook, & Instagram! Join the Makers Chat Community for more from makers and artists just like you! Good Feeling by Roa https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-good-feeling Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/6lvyX-1IeYM --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/danielle-kaminski/message

Artist Nikolay Krastev joins DKleine for a casual conversation about a variety of topics, from streaming art creation on Twitch to corruption in government institutions to thoughts about the NFT movement.

This newsletter is really a public policy thought-letter. While excellent newsletters on specific themes within public policy already exist, this thought-letter is about frameworks, mental models, and key ideas that will hopefully help you think about any public policy problem in imaginative ways. It seeks to answer just one question: how do I think about a particular public policy problem/solution?PS: If you enjoy listening instead of reading, we have this edition available as an audio narration on all podcasting platforms courtesy the good folks at Ad-Auris. If you have any feedback, please send it to us.- RSJThe West German band Scorpions released their anthemic number Wind of Change sometime in early 1991. It is hard to find a better popular culture artefact that captures the mood in Europe during those times. The Berlin Wall had come down, democratic revolutions were sweeping across the countries of eastern Europe and it was clear the liberal democratic order running their economies on the ‘Washington consensus’ had won the Cold War.The lyrics had both that triumph and a hope for future contained within:“The world is closing inDid you ever thinkThat we could be so close, like brothersThe future’s in the airCan feel it everywhereBlowing with the wind of change..The wind of changeBlows straight into the face of timeLike a storm wind that will ring the freedom bellFor peace of mind”To broaden things a bit beyond Europe, the 90s were also the time when China was entering the global economy and India was ‘reforming’. Things seemed to be all converging towards the same end. The ‘end of history’ as Fukuyama put it was nigh. Liberal democracy was the ultimate political system. Nothing could better it. We just needed to wait for every nation-state to realise this truth.Not Quite The Expected FutureExactly 30 years later, the obvious question is staring at our face. There’s the rise of populist, xenophobic and authoritarian leaders all across eastern and central Europe over the last decade. Russia is a kleptocratic oligarchy that bullies it neighbours who don’t toe its line. On various counts, India has regressed on liberal values and has slowed considerably on reforms. China, contrary to expectations, didn’t become more liberal or democratic as it integrated itself with the world. Instead, it now mocks the liberal western order for its weakness while exporting its brand of illiberal governance as it continues it inevitable rise to the top. Leave these aside for a moment. What’s worse, even the western democracies that were flagbearers of liberalism are caught in the pincer-like grip of populist political urges on both the right and the left.So, what happened? How did the spirit of liberalism that pervaded the world in the 90s dissipate so easily? Well, there’s a whole small-scale industry that’s developed over the years to answer this question. And I must add I’m a platinum-card carrying customer of this industry. Over the last year or so I have been reading up every book that elaborates either on the failure of the market economy or the shortcomings of liberalism.The Light That FailedA recent entrant to this list is the magnificent ‘The Light That Failed: Why The West Is Losing The Fight For Democracy’ by Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes. Krastev, a Bulgarian by birth, serves at the Institute for Human Science in Vienna while Holmes teaches at NYU School of Law. They bring a wide east-west perspective to their arguments on why liberalism failed. Among the books I have read in this genre (including Fukuyama’s Political Order And Political Decay), this is the most analytical in understanding the underlying psychosis of illiberal, populist movements sweeping the world.At the start of the book, the authors talk about John Feffer, a young American, who in 1990 spends most of the year traversing across post-Communist Europe with an intent to record the transition of these countries into free, open and liberal societies. There’s something Naipaul-ian about this. Naipaul wrote Among The Believers based on his travels across non-Arabic Muslim world with a long pre-Islamic history (Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia) immediately after the Iranian Revolution. Naipaul wandered around without a definite plan, talked to a cross-section of people and ended up with deep insights about these societies. In a similar vein, Feffer spends most of his time speaking to local people to document their hopes and apprehensions in times of tumultuous change in their lives. And quite like Naipaul went back to the same countries two decades later and wrote Beyond Belief, Feffer goes back in 2015 to speak to the same people on how their lives have panned out in the intervening period. What he found was a warped kind of capitalism had taken root that had accentuated inequalities in the society. There was widespread resentment of western values that were transplanted there and a feeling of betrayal about the failed promise of 1990s. Feffer concludes: Communism was the god that failed for the post WW2 generation in eastern Europe. For the current generation, liberalism is the god that failed.While Krastev and Holmes explain the reasons for the failing in eastern Europe in great detail, there are broader conclusions one can draw that could be used to explain the widespread disappointment about liberalism across the world. I drew three of them.Cheap Imitation: Liberal democracy adapted by these countries are a cheap imitation of the western model. There was limited attempt at locating it in the history and the culture of these nations. The national traditions were given a go by and there was no desire to transform the society from within to manage this transition. Foreign experts who barely understood the ground realities were flown in to set up democratic institutions. There was festering discontent among people who found the struggle to become a cheap imitation of a western democracy humiliating. The nativist backlash shouldn’t have surprised anyone. A spark was waiting to be lit. The populist leaders waded in. They questioned the superiority of this model, delegitimised the moral authority of political parties that followed the western liberal mores unquestioningly and spoke about a glorious past which should be the guiding light for the society. It worked. This is pretty much the playbook for all populist leaders around the world. Some of this has been followed in India too. The only thing remarkable about us is the backlash came some 70 years after independence. There was an undercurrent of resentment about western imitation in our society driven by a liberal constitution that seemed to have been thrust upon us. A combination of factors – heterogeneity in our society, charismatic leaders who were steeped in western ideals and an urban, educated elite who held the levers of power and media for long – seemed to have kept this resentment at bay for long. But this edifice is crumbling. Or maybe, it has already crumbled.Triumphalism of Liberals: The hard-won benefits of cold war were frittered away by a remarkable dropping of the guard by the liberals over the last two decades. As the authors write: “Liberalism fell in love with itself and lost its way”. The years of heady growth till 2008 where an interplay of forces of globalisation, technology advances and cheap credit kept the growth engine humming and led everyone to believe a rising tide was lifting all. The Global Financial Crisis (GFC, 2008) was a rude jolt. The faultlines of economic inequality, unaccountable financial institutions, a self-serving set of elites and a corrupt political class became stark and visible. The reckoning that was expected after the GFC never came. Instead the solutions to the GFC led most to believe the real culprits not only got away but also profited from it. The belief that losses are socialised while the gains are cornered by a few strengthened. GFC still casts a long shadow on the polity across the world. We have reached a stage where both the extreme right and left rile against liberalism to work up their base following the GFC. Demographic Anxieties: As the growth became more lopsided and inequality grew, the demographic anxieties strengthened. These anxieties take various shape in different democracies, but they have one similar feature – a sustained othering of the minority. The irrational fear that the more fecund minorities will gradually engineer a democratic and cultural ‘coup’ by turning themselves into a demographic majority and take over political and social power has gained strong currency. This takes shape differently across countries. In eastern Europe there is a steady degrowth of the native ethnic groups over the last 2 decades where the educated, liberal elites have voted with their feet and left their homes. In US and UK, income inequality, social fallout of globalisation and an ageing population has fed the paranoia about minorities. The story in India, of late, is well known to be repeated here. The common outcome of all of this is a lurch towards ethno-nationalism with a ‘nation-first’ doctrine. It is a far cry from the boundaryless global village that liberals thought they had achieved sometime back.In the list of books I have read over the past 18 months, The Light That Failed scores over others in its rigorous analytical dissection of the reason for failure of liberalism. It is short on rhetoric. And unusually for the genre, it believes a diversity of ideologies is good while simultaneously holding out hope that liberalism will learn its lessons. That it will not again strive for homogeneity and ideological dominance around the world. The authors end the book with a tip to Rudyard Kipling’s first book (from where the title is drawn) The Light That Failed. That novel had two different endings – one happy and one sad. The authors hope that a “chastised liberalism having recovered from its unrealistic and self-defeating aspirations to global hegemony, remains the political idea most at home in the 21st century. It is our choice to celebrate rather than moan.” That’s their expectation of a happy closure. HomeWorkReading and listening recommendations on public policy matters[Video] Krastev and Holmes discuss the book at CEU (Vienna) Get on the email list at publicpolicy.substack.com

After 1989, economic determinism was replaced by imitation of the West. Was that process authentically spontaneous or were eastern Europeans staging a script they did not write? Either way, imitation created a crisis of identity, the consequences of which are still unfolding. Ivan Krastev and Holly Case discussed the issue of imitation and substitution at the 30th European Meeting of Cultural Journals in Berlin, November 2019, at the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Subscribe to the podcast and leave a review so more people can find us. You can also subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you'll always know what's worth thinking about: https://www.eurozine.com/newsletter/

Simeon Krastev shares his journey of leaving the corporate world to pursue his entrepreneurial passions. He shares the secret to how he has overcome every obstacle that has come his way and provides insight about how to turn adversity into an advantage.

Llewellyn's humble personality combined with her amazing talent will capture your heart and make you love her from the get go. I adore her painting style, on furniture as well as canvas. Llewelyn is here to share that if she can, you can. Stepping out of your box can and will open doors for you. Please give her a like and a follow!  https://www.facebook.com/worntowhimsy https://www.instagram.com/worntowhimsy/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrg0jZrcsny6VE_3Vn-kQag https://www.etsy.com/shop/worntowhimsy  

Folge 6 von Löppt gehört dem Mann für die verrückten Sachen. Egal ob mit dem Fahrrad nach Berlin, 100x100m Schwimmen oder Marathon auf der Bahn - Ulli macht alles! Erlebnis vor Ergebnis - das ist dabei das Motto. Zudem erfindet Ulli immer mal wieder neue Laufformate, wie z.B. Im Betriebssport den Bacardicup. Beim Training hört er dabei vor allem auf eins - sein Bauchgefühl. Alles dies und noch viel mehr in diesem Podcast

Wir stecken noch mitten in der Corona-Pandemie – und doch machen sich kluge Köpfe bereits Gedanken. Über die Zeit vor, während und nach Corona. Der bulgarische Politologe Ivan Krastev hat jetzt bei Ullstein einen Essay veröffentlicht: „Ist heute schon morgen?“ Untertitel: Wie die Pandemie Europa verändert. Stephan Ozsváth hat Krastev in Wien zum Gespräch getroffen.

Liten bok med store tanker. Om koronapandemien og hva den gjør med oss - og verden. Man blir klokere av å lese Krastev, sier anmelder Marta Norheim, i samtale med Ellen Sofie Lauritzen

With tales from this year's World Championships all the way to stories about Krastev in the 90s, these are the episodes I live for. Discussing the nuances of which elite weightlifters may or may not make the Olympics, how they might game the qualification system, and how we can use our understanding of the system to make educated predictions. Follow Uncle JP!https://www.instagram.com/jpnic419/jp.nicoletta@usaweightlifting.orgShop W|H USA - https://www.weightliftinghouse.com/shopusa/Shop W|H EU - https://www.weightliftinghouse.com/shopeurope/VIRUS Intl. code for USA and EU - weightliftinghouseAll Weightlifting News in One Place -https://www.weightliftinghouse.comSupport us and receive programming and more podcasts -https://www.patreon.com/weightliftinghouseAmazon SupportSupport us by going through our Amazon link when you make a purchase! Just bookmark the link and shop as usual. http://www.weightliftinghouse.com/amazonFollow us –https://bit.ly/2kgrHJ3 - YouTubehttps://www.instagram.com/seb_ostrowicz/https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/https://www.instagram.com/weightlifting_house/

With tales from this year's World Championships all the way to stories about Krastev in the 90s, these are the episodes I live for. Discussing the nuances of which elite weightlifters may or may not make the Olympics, how they might game the qualification system, and how we can use our understanding of the system to make educated predictions. Follow Uncle JP!https://www.instagram.com/jpnic419/jp.nicoletta@usaweightlifting.orgShop W|H USA - https://www.weightliftinghouse.com/shopusa/Shop W|H EU - https://www.weightliftinghouse.com/shopeurope/VIRUS Intl. code for USA and EU - weightliftinghouseAll Weightlifting News in One Place -https://www.weightliftinghouse.comSupport us and receive programming and more podcasts -https://www.patreon.com/weightliftinghouseAmazon SupportSupport us by going through our Amazon link when you make a purchase! Just bookmark the link and shop as usual. http://www.weightliftinghouse.com/amazonFollow us –https://bit.ly/2kgrHJ3 - YouTubehttps://www.instagram.com/seb_ostrowicz/https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/https://www.instagram.com/weightlifting_house/

I dette første program af ATLAS podcast - Lyden af Europa, er folketingsmedlem for Socialdemokratiet og tidligere partiformand Mogens Lykketoft og chefredaktør på ATLAS magasin, Kristoffer Granov, inviteret i studiet for at diskutere Europas krise. De problemer vi står overfor lige nu, i forhold til at fungere som et forenet Europa. Vi diskuterer det ud fra bogen Efter Europa af Ivan Krastev. I redaktionen: Josefine Maria Hansen, Astrid Rifbjerg og Nana Kofoed Nielsen. Produktion: Josefine Maria Hansen. Musik: Sanne Dalgaard Møller

Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the EU, and whether the union is ready to handle major challenges such as migration, the spread of right-wing populism, and instability in the east. Krastev is the author of the rather provocative book "After Europe", that reflects on the future of the European Union - and its potential lack of a future.

Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the EU, and whether the union is ready to handle major challenges such as migration, the spread of right-wing populism, and instability in the east.Krastev is the author of the rather provocative book "After Europe", that reflects on the future of the European Union - and its potential lack of a future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Flygtningekrisen har fundamentalt ændret den politiske virkelighed i Europa, og identitetspolitik er ikke længere kun forbeholdt minoriteter. Den højrenationalistiske populisme spreder sig, briterne er på vej ud, og de mere end 1,3 millioner migranter fra Mellemøsten, Nordafrika, og Sydasien har medført en politisk destabilisering på nationalt niveau over hele kontinentet. Det er ikke blot en populistisk revolte imod det etablerede system, der hjemsøger Europa, men vælgernes oprør mod de eliten.  Europas udfordring i dag er at imødekomme flertallets bekymringer og samtidig dæmme op for de reaktionære impulser, der ledsager dem – en udfordring, som Krastev forbereder os på i denne samtale med Lykke Friis, formand for Det Udenrigspolitiske Selskab. Samtalen er optaget i Dronningesalen på Det Kongelige Bibliotek i København. Ivan Krastevs bog Efter Europa handler om Europas fremtid – og muligheden for unionens opløsning. Europæiske Ideer er en podcastserie, der præsenterer perspektiver, analyser og fortællinger om et Europa i forandring. Hvor står Europa i dag, og hvor vi skal hen? I serien diskuterer førende tænkere Europas fremtid. Samtalerne foregår på engelsk. Podcastserien er udviklet i samarbejde med Det Kgl. Bibliotek og er optaget under live foredrag på International Forfatterscene i Dronningesalen, Den Sorte Diamant.