Few things recently have captured the world's attention like the conflict in Ukraine. It's certainly big news, but why is it happening? Is Putin really crazy like much of the media seems to suggest? In this episode, we take a look at the conflict from an angle I haven't seen get much attention.

The Russia/Ukraine Conflict : What Is Putin Thinking? – Second Thought
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Citations and Further Reading:

Princeton study on terrorism
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15324834basp2804_12

Madman Theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory
https://sites.psu.edu/roseannemcmanus/files/2019/07/Four-Types-of-Madness-Manuscript.pdf

An example of liberal IR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJNtfyq3TDE

An example of realist IR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I-91IFhHJk

Ukrainian soil
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/12/05/ukraine-soil
https://fortune.com/2022/02/24/wheat-supply-putin-russia-ukraine-invasion/

Ukrainian energy politics
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/02/russian-war-ukraine-nuclear-nato-putin-fossil-fuels
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/30-years-ukrainian-independence-and-energy-dependence
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/21/business/economy/ukraine-russia-economy.html

Russia without Putin
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2839-russia-without-putin
https://youtu.be/fqdAOBMgZOM
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2019-08-12/russia-without-putin-money-power-and-myths-new-cold-war
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/12/tony-wood-russia-putin-cold-war

Russia with Putin
https://www.marxist.com/no-to-war-with-ukraine-against-russian-military-intervention.htm
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/5280-should-we-have-seen-this-coming-ilya-budraitskis-on-the-invasion-of-ukraine


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