Petia Kostadinova
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Petia Kostadinova
@pkostad.bsky.social
Associate Professor; Political Science; University of Illinois at Chicago; www.petiakostadinova.net.

European Union; democracy; post-communist countries; Bulgaria.

Posts about research, gardening, good food; parenting fails/wins, and youth travel hockey
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We're also going to find out that RFE/RL, USAID and the rest of the American soft-power apparatus was also load-bearing.

It turns out a radio station is a lot cheaper than if you have to intervene to fight a war or control refugee flows.

A *lot* of this stuff is load-bearing.
July 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Reposted by Petia Kostadinova
I once confronted then-Rep Keith Ellison at an event in '16, and asked if he understood that Democrats ideally want to work with Republicans, but Republicans ideally want to jail Democrats. His quick reply was "brother, don't I know it, you have to convince Chuck Schumer, I've tried"
February 13, 2024 at 9:32 PM