Ivan Krastev on Why Even Dictators Can’t Escape Democracy
Published: April 14, 2026
Duration: 56:41
Yascha Mounk and Ivan Krastev also discuss the war in Iran—and what it means for Trump’s future.
Ivan Krastev is the chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies, and Albert Hirschman Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, IWM Vienna.
In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ivan Krastev discuss how Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule in Hungary came to an end, why democratic institutions proved more resilient than many expected, and what lessons this holds for understanding the limits of competitive authoritarianism.
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