| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, March 13, 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM | Seminar Room 108N, This event took place in-person at Room 108N, North House, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7 |
Russia at War
Why did Vladimir Putin decide to invade Ukraine? This talk focuses on the mentality of Putin and his close associates that informed the decision for war. To understand decision-making in a personalist dictatorship, it is important to study the personality of the dictator.
Brian D. Taylor is professor of political science and director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Taylor is the author of three books on Russian politics: The Code of Putinism (Oxford University Press, 2018); State Building in Putin’s Russia: Policing and Coercion after Communism (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and Politics and the Russian Army: Civil-Military Relations, 1689-2000 (Cambridge University Press, 2003), as well as multiple articles and book chapters. His fourth book, Russian Politics: A Very Short Introduction, is forthcoming this year from Oxford University Press. He received his B.A. from the University of Iowa, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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