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Taking Tyrants (Like Putin) Seriously, with Waller Newell
Episode 316
Published 3 years, 10 months ago
Description
A common theme making the rounds is that Vladimir Putin must be crazy or has badly miscalculated his interests, and therefore is extremely dangerous. In fact the problem may be much worse than that. Putin is not merely a tyrant as understood by the classics (though not modern political science or theorists of international relations, who no longer recognize tyranny as a distinct political... Source