Are Putin & Friends Irrational? The Complicated Reality of Geopolitics

A lot of bizarre things happen in international relations. Is it evidence that our leaders are inherently irrational? And what does that word even mean? Today's very special edition of the Geopolitics HelpLINE investigates those topics thanks to a certain someone calling in some difficult questions. 0:00 The Question 2:25 Intransitive Preferences 4:16 Astrategic Behavior 8:13 Crazy Ideology 11:03 Poor Geopolitical Strategy 12:25 Miscalculation 14:30 Information Bubbles 15:20 Sunk Cost Fallacy The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), EU, and NATO visual information does not imply or constitute an endorsement. Media licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... By Khamenei.ir: https://en.khamenei.ir/news/39135 https://en.khamenei.ir/news/40564 By Kremlin.ru: http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne... http://kremlin.ru/events/president/ne...