Putin's Rise to Power

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🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Serving continuously as either Prime Minister or President since 1999, Vladimir Putin's leadership of Russia has always dominated the geopolitical stage and made headlines. Enforcing extreme policies, engaging with dangerous allies, and hiring deadly mercenaries - it seems he isn't planning on relinquishing control of Russia, or ending the war in Ukraine, in the near future. But how has his previous experience on the world stage informed his choices today - and is it possible to predict his actions in the coming years?

In the final episode of our Dictators series, James welcomes Political Scientist, Professor Daniel Treisman, to the podcast to examine Putin's leadership of Russia and his role in global politics. Looking at the tactics Putin enforced to maintain control, his treatment of opposition parties, and his reliance on fighting wars - why has Putin been in control for so long, and will Russia ever be able to move forward without him?

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0:00.0	Vladimir Putin, the name is synonymous with oppression, war and a brutal rule that has led to
0:07.1	the suppression of the Russian people.
0:09.9	But who actually is Putin and how has he risen to become one of the most powerful dictators of the
0:15.6	20th century?
0:17.3	I'm your host, James Patton Rogers, this is Warfare, and to take us through the political
0:21.6	rise of Putin from his wars in Chechnya to Georgia and Ukraine,
0:25.7	I've invited Daniel Trizmann onto the podcast. Daniel is professor of political science at the University of California,
0:32.0	Los Angeles, and the co-author of a new book,
0:34.7	Spin Dictators, The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st century.
0:40.3	Together, Daniel and I discuss Putin's special brand of
0:43.6	dictatorial rule, how it was born and how it's likely to end.
0:48.6	Enjoy. Hi Daniel, welcome to Warfare and thanks for taking the time to discuss the life, the
1:00.2	meteoric rise and the power plays of Vladimir Putin.
1:05.0	And I guess we should start with the obvious.
1:07.8	And it's a question that I've asked a few times on this podcast
1:10.7	as part of our special dictators miniseries here on warfare. Can we really class
1:16.0	Putin as a dictator? He was Russia's second ever democratically elected president, but since that point it does seem to be fairly
1:25.8	obvious that Putin has descended into the ranks of being one of the world's
1:31.2	most famous dictators.
1:32.6	Do you define him as that in your work?
1:34.6	Yes, and it's very interesting the trajectory
1:37.6	he's been on since 1999 when he first
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