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4 - Learning from Internal Failure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2023

Stephen G. F. Hall
Affiliation:
University of Bath
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The internal aspect of learning is something that the existing literature has not investigated in detail. A range of examples are investigated in this chapter, with the first section addressing Belarusian and Russian learning from the Soviet Union. Then the chapter analyses how Putin learnt from his image failure after the sinking of the Kursk nuclear submarine in the early 2000s. The Kursk sinking led to a significant change in image with Putin becoming a macho-man. The 2009 Moldovan Twitter Revolution led to learning after the protest on the part of the nominally pro-European government and the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan provided learning opportunities for Ukrainian governments. The chapter then addresses sub-optimal legislation in Belarus and Russia and potential learning from the failure. Learning from failure has not been investigated too much in the existing literature and this chapter addresses the issue.

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The Authoritarian International
Tracing How Authoritarian Regimes Learn in the Post-Soviet Space
, pp. 76 - 102
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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