Monthly Archives: March 2014

Timothy Snyder on Ukraine

Posted on March 13, 2014 by politakos

One puzzle about Moscow’s intervention in Crimea is how it helps Putin achieve whatever he wants to achieve. Yale historian Timothy Snyder argues that intervention would lead to a nationalist blacklash in Kiev, justifying Putin’s war as a result of … Continue reading →

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Why Do Dictators Start Wars?

Posted on March 9, 2014 by politakos

In the next class we will discuss how domestic political institutions (democracy/dictatorship) affect the propensity for war. The two papers on the syllabus try to explain why democratic countries rarely fight one another: Bueno de Mesquita et al (1999): An … Continue reading →

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My Research and Ukraine

Posted on March 4, 2014 by politakos

Interested in what my research has to say about the Russian intervention in Ukraine? Check out my post on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog.

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