Ivan Krastev is the Editor-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Edition of Foreign Policy, and Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria. Since 2004 Mr. Krastev has been the executive director of the International Commission on the Balkans chaired by the former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato.
Krastev received an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Sofia. He was ranked 85 in the 2008 Top 100 Public Intellectuals Poll. Krastev was the Research Director of the Project Political Consequences of Anti-Americanism.