Below you can find the programme for the upcoming Russia seminar on February 15-16th. The event will be streamed on YouTube live at the following address: https://www.youtube.com/c/Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu/
Russia’s war on Ukraine: strategic and operational designs and implementation
Day 1: Wednesday 15th February 2023
Day 2: Thursday 16th February 2023
08.30 – 09.00 | Coffee | |
Moderator: Pentti Forsström | ||
09.00 – 09.30 | Keynote 2: Military-political and military-strategic situation around Black Sea and Caspian Sea Region (TBC) | Andrei Gritsenko (National Defence University of Ukraine) |
09.30 – 09.45 | Break | |
Session 6: External and future aspects | Session 7: Societal aspects | |
Moderator: Katri Pynnöniemi | ||
9.45 – 10.15 | Russia’s Wartime Military Diplomacy with the Countries of the ‘Global South’: Drivers and Implications Ivan U. K. Klyszcz (ICDS) | How Russian Patriotic Education Was Changed to Support War: Military Masculinity as a Hegemonic Discourse and Practices of Resistance Jonna Alava (FNDU) |
10.15 – 10.45 | Countering the Russian invasion strategy in Ukraine: conceptions and capabilities Valеrii Hordiichuk, Andrii Ivashchenko and Nina Andriianova (TBC) (National Defence University of Ukraine) | Military-political education in Russian Armed Forces Aleksander Malinen (University of Helsinki) |
10.45 – 11.15 | Prolonged Wars in the 21st Century: Sustaining and Adapting Over a Long Conflict Marc R. DeVore and Kristen Harkness (University of St. Andrews) | Support for war of aggression in Russia Eemil Mitikka (University of Helsinki) |
11.15 – 11.45 | Panel | |
11.45 – 12.00 | Closing words | Colonel Pekka Turunen (FNDU) |