Gabriel A. Pierzynski
@pierzynskigabriel.bsky.social
LSE Research Assistant | Strand Analytica Wargaming/AI Intern | Former Blue Book Trainee | LSE Graduate | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jtsb.70007
Reposted by Gabriel A. Pierzynski
New in the Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour: 'Patrimonial Imperialism: A Taxonomy of the Causes of the Russo-Ukrainian War' - a critical realist analysis by @pierzynskigabriel.bsky.social and Jonathan Joseph buff.ly/ZcM52KZ
July 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
New in the Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour: 'Patrimonial Imperialism: A Taxonomy of the Causes of the Russo-Ukrainian War' - a critical realist analysis by @pierzynskigabriel.bsky.social and Jonathan Joseph buff.ly/ZcM52KZ
Reposted by Gabriel A. Pierzynski
The Russia-Ukraine war isn't just about Trump and Putin.
Russia’s imperial state structure shapes the state’s behaviour regardless of who leads it or how the West reacts.
✍️ @pierzynskigabriel.bsky.social & Jonathan Joseph @ho-centre.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Russia’s imperial state structure shapes the state’s behaviour regardless of who leads it or how the West reacts.
✍️ @pierzynskigabriel.bsky.social & Jonathan Joseph @ho-centre.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Why the Russia-Ukraine war isn’t just about NATO and Putin
Even without Putin, Russia may have invaded Ukraine. Russia’s imperial state structure shapes state actions regardless of who leads it or how the West reacts.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
August 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Russia-Ukraine war isn't just about Trump and Putin.
Russia’s imperial state structure shapes the state’s behaviour regardless of who leads it or how the West reacts.
✍️ @pierzynskigabriel.bsky.social & Jonathan Joseph @ho-centre.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Russia’s imperial state structure shapes the state’s behaviour regardless of who leads it or how the West reacts.
✍️ @pierzynskigabriel.bsky.social & Jonathan Joseph @ho-centre.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Our new paper introduces "Patrimonial Imperialism"—a structural view of Russian imperialism that reveals how deep-rooted state–society relations shaped the Russo-Ukrainian War. Click here for open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Patrimonial Imperialism: A Taxonomy of the Causes of the Russo‐Ukrainian War
Explanations of the causes of the Russo-Ukrainian war tend to drift towards one of two lines of argument. These are the ‘NATO expansion’ argument, chiefly focusing on the structure of the internation....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our new paper introduces "Patrimonial Imperialism"—a structural view of Russian imperialism that reveals how deep-rooted state–society relations shaped the Russo-Ukrainian War. Click here for open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...