Putin och det andra Krimkriget
Journal: Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University)
Year: 2015

This essay is a rational choice study sculptured after Allison, Zelikows famous study, Essence of decision. It debates the options Putin had when he annexed Ukraine’s, Crimean peninsula? We try to put ourselves into the shoes of Putin to see what he sees and to make an investigation. What else could he have done and for what reasons? There are four options debated, 1, to annex Crimea with illegal troops, (the real events), 2, to annex southern and eastern Ukraine right away, 3, to claim a refere