Putin’s Health and State of Mind are very Hard Targets

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Written By Kenneth Dekleva

Dr. Kenneth Dekleva writes for The Cipher Brief that the current horrific invasion of Ukraine has raised questions as to Putin’s state of mind and associated health issues. While Putin has long been recognised as a ruthless, calculating, and masterful tactician, strategist, political leader, KGB-trained intelligence officer, and diplomat, his recent speeches, political actions, and decision-making calculus have raised questions both in the media and among current and former senior Western politicians – including those who have met with him – that ‘something is off’, or that Putin is ‘erratic’, ‘different’, or has ‘gone off the rails’.

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Kenneth Dekleva

Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist with the U.S. Dept. of State from 2002-2016, and is currently Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Psychiatry-Medicine Integration, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; and a Senior Fellow at the George HW Bush Foundation for US-China Relations. The views expressed are entirely his own and do not represent the views of the U.S. Government, the U.S. Dept. of State, or UT Southwestern Medical Center.

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