Vladimir Putin

Putin’s Russia: Violence, Power and Another 12 Years

David R. Marples • Mar 20 2024 • Articles

Putin can remain in office until 2036, when he will turn 84, but he will preside over a state with fewer people and dwindling resources.

Putin’s Illusions and Ukraine’s Reality: Myth vs Westward Integration

Putin’s vision of reconciliation between Ukraine and Russia is flawed and demonstrates his intransigence.

Russia’s Internet Research Agency and Cyberwarfare

Clare Stevens and Andreas Haggman • Dec 5 2023 • Student Features

The Internet Research Agency was a key agent in a Russian disinformation campaign that targeted American voters in the 2016 presidential election.

Post-Putin Russia: Five Potential Pathways

Mark N. Katz • Jul 4 2023 • Articles

Putinism without Putin is the most likely post-status quo pathway for Russia, but this will be difficult to sustain.

Opinion – A Psychological Perspective on Putin’s War with Ukraine

Katie Titherington • Nov 28 2022 • Articles

In Putin’s case, his identity, personality, and desire to leave a legacy, coupled with other factors, make him more susceptible to using nuclear weapons.

Opinion – The West’s Mental Lockdown over Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

Maarten Wensink • Aug 17 2022 • Articles

Can the West really not hang together discussing a more complex narrative in which Russia’s concerns do not constitute just cause for atrocities, but may nevertheless have some basis?

Returning to Realism: The Other Face of the Ukraine Crisis

Mohamed Mahad D. Darar • Jun 12 2022 • Articles

An upgrade in US thinking to view Russia as a contemporary country with present-day policy goals as opposed to just an irredentist dying regime should be considered.

Ignore the Paradox: Russia, Ukraine, and Nuclear Deterrence

Francesco Bailo and Benjamin E. Goldsmith • Jun 12 2022 • Articles

There is no empirical evidence that the assumption of emboldened and risk-acceptant conventional conflict behavior of Russia is in some way caused by, or protected by, MAD.

The Ideas Behind Putin’s War in Ukraine

William M. Zolinger Fujii • Jun 5 2022 • Articles

Ukraine’s integration into the West is unacceptable to the Kremlin on security grounds, it is also inadmissible for what Putin would consider ‘civilizational’ reasons.

Opinion – On 9 May Putin’s Russia Will Glorify War and Stalin

Taras Kuzio • May 9 2022 • Articles

Putin’s so-called de-Nazification has nothing to do with combating Nazis in Ukraine and everything to do with the xenophobic Stalinist and racist climate in Putin’s Russia.

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