TY - BOOK AU - MCCAUSLAND Jeffrey D. TI - Putin chooses between a series of bad options PY - 2022///-23 KW - RUSSIA KW - UKRAINE KW - WAR KW - PUTIN N2 - This article examines recent events on the battlefield; the implications of the announced annexation of territory, mobilization of forces, and threats to employ "all means" to defend Russian territory; the domestic ramifications and Russian thinking on "hybrid warfare"; and the possible weaponization of food and energy as Putin determines future escalatory steps ER -