The Operational Code of Vladimir Putin in the Ukrainian Crisis in 2014
Journal: Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja
Year: 2016

This thesis uses Operational Code analysis to study political beliefs and strategy of President of Russia Vladimir Putin during the Ukrainian Crisis between March 2014 and November 2014. As an at-a-distance method, quantitative Operational Code analysis uses subjects' speech acts to provide numerical values for their key foreign policy beliefs about themselves and others in international politics. This thesis uses the concept to study Vladimir Putin's belief changes about himself and Russia's ad