Why the Russia-Ukraine war isn't just about NATO and Putin

Pierzynski, Gabriel and Joseph, Jonathan (2025) Why the Russia-Ukraine war isn't just about NATO and Putin. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (15 Aug 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Most explanations of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine focus on NATO expansion or Vladimir Putin’s personal ambitions. Yet as Gabriel A. Pierzynski and Jonathan Joseph argue, such accounts miss that Russia’s imperial state structure shapes the state’s behaviour regardless of who leads it or how the West reacts.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Hellenic Observatory
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2025 09:18
Last Modified:	17 Sep 2025 13:15
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129385

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