80. ANALYSIS: Brian Taylor on ’The code of Putinism’ - Key ideas that drive Putin and those around him; was Putin’s rise to power inevitable; and the war in Ukraine as ’Putin’s war’

Brian Taylor, Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University, discusses the Code of Putinism - What are the key ideas that drive Putin and those around him? Was Putin's rise to power inevitable? Why is the war in Ukraine Putin's war? 

Brian Taylor - The Code of Putinism 

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