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What does the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein say about the regimes in the aggressor countries?
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Why would a dictator, who miraculously extricated himself from one unsuccessful and costly aggression, immediately get involved in the next, even more risky one?
In the “What Happened” podcast we talk with Maxim Samorukov, a researcher at the Carnegie Berlin Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, about the logic of dictators (not only Saddam Hussein, but also Vladimir Putin) who resort to external aggression.
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Text by Maxim Samorukov: <a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2024/09/achilles-trap-book-review?lang=ru&amp;center=russia-eurasia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2024/09/achilles-trap-book-review?lang=ru&amp;center=russia-eurasia</a>
0:00 Why are we talking about Hussein's regime
06:30 Why do dictators fight?
12:11 Dictators’ belief in their invincibility
16:40 Why didn’t anyone hand over Hussein?
22:30 What does Hussein's regime say about Putinism?
37:54 Farewell