Below you can find the programme for the upcoming Russia seminar on February 16th. The event will be streamed on YouTube live at the following address: https://www.youtube.com/c/Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu/
Timetable indicates time in Helsinki (GMT+2).
| 09.00- | Welcome and Admin remarks | Simo Pesu (FNDU) |
| 09.05 – 09.15 | Opening words | Rector of FNDU |
| Session 1: Conceptual aspects of the use of military power | Moderator: Simo Pesu | |
| 09.15 – 09.45 | Keynote 1 Interpretation on the development of the Russian Concept of War | Pentti Forsström (FNDU) |
| 09.45– 10.15 | Command and Control Culture à la Russe | Dima Adamsky (Reichman University, Israel) |
| 10.15 – 10.30 | Break | |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Are the new Russian Strategic Weapons and Missile Defence Systems changing the Balance? | Leonid Nersisyan (ARDI) |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Strategic actions of Armed Forces – conceptual analysis | Jukka Viitaniemi (FNDU) |
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Discussion | |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Break | |
| Session 2: Theoretical aspects of the use of military power | Moderator: Katri Pynnöniemi | |
| 13.00 – 13.30 | Schrödinger’s cat and other spooky actions in East-Ukraine – or how Russia’s war with Ukraine creates and describes New Russia – West conflict | Jyrki Terva (Tampere University) |
| 13.30 – 14.00 | Messner’s theory on ”mjatezhnaja vojna” as a prelude to hybrid warfare | Juha Wihersaari (FNDU) |
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Discussion | |
| 14.30 – 14.45 | Break | |
| Session 3: Artificial intelligence in service of war preparations | Moderator: Juha Kukkola | |
| 14.45 – 15.15 | Russia’s Revolution in Intelligence Affairs: From natural stupidity to Artificial Intelligence | Oscar Jonsson (Phronesis Analysis, Swedish Defence University – FHS) |
| 15.15 – 15.45 | Interface between AI and cyber. Creating Revolutions in Military Affairs(?): The Russian Military’s Utilisation of Artificial Intelligence to Enhance its Cyber Operations | Rod Thornton (King’s College, UK) |
| 15.45 – 16.15 | Discussion | |
| 16.15 – 17.15 | Break | |
| Parallel sessions | ||
| Session 5: Strengthening Cohesion of Russian Armed Forces: Gender and Spiritual Security | Session 4: Supportive elements for the use of military power | |
| Moderator: Katri Pynnöniemi | Moderator: Pentti Forsström | |
| 17.15– 17.45 | Angels in Uniforms — Analysis of representations of women soldiers in Russian armed forces 2008-2021 Jonna Alava (FNDU) | Developments in Russian combat air spending and likely implications for their future concepts of air operations against peer adversaries Justin Bronk (RUSI) |
| 17.45 – 18.15 | Russian military power projection through spiritual Power projection – Adm F.F. Ushakov Aristide LaVey (Independent Researcher) | The “Long-Zapad” and Russian preparation for war Konrad Myzuka (Rochan Consulting) |
| 18.15 – 18.45 | Justifying the use of Force: Russia’s Spiritual and National Security Santeri Kytöneva (FNDU) | TBC Lester W. Grau (FMSO, on the web) |
| 18.45 – 19.15 | Discussion | Discussion |
| 19.15 – 19.30 | Break | |
| 19.30 – 20.00 | Keynote 2: On Present War in Ukraine (tbc) | Michael Kofman (CNA) |
| 20.00 – 20.15 | Closing words | Petteri Kajanmaa (FNDU) |
Russian Military and Security Research group 