Konference: Reading Russia right

[Oprindeligt publiceret af Forsvarsakademiet]

Siden annekteringen af Krim og den efterfølgende krig i Østukraine i 2014 har Rusland fyldt meget i mediebilledet både herhjemme og i udlandet. Alt efter hvem man spørger, er Ruslands ageren enten et produkt af et revanchistisk russisk styre, der ønsker et opgør med den vestlige liberale verdensorden, eller hvad man kan forvente af en stormagt, der forsøger at afbalancere NATO og EU's indflydelse i dets nærområde. I et forsøg på at komme til en bedre forståelse af Ruslands sikkerhedspolitik, har Forsvarsakademiet derfor inviteret en række internationalt anerkendte Ruslands eksperter til at debattere, hvad Ruslands sikkerhedspolitiske mål og planer er, og hvordan vesten skal håndtere Rusland.

Konferencen finder sted d. 29. november kl. 9.00-15.00 på Frederiksberg Slot og foregår på engelsk.

Tilmelding sker pr. e-mail til mokr@fak.dk.

Programme

09.00 – 09.10 Welcome
Admiral Niels Wang
Commandant, Royal Danish Defence College

09.10 – 09.20 Today’s programme
Niels Bo Poulsen
Director, Institute for Military History and War Studies, Royal    Danish Defence College

09.20-09.50  Key note: Reading Russia Right
Magda B. Leichtová
Ph.D, Department member, University of West Bohemia, Department of   Political Science and International Relations

09.50-10.00  Break

Panel 1: Reading Russia right

10.00 – 10.20 The Putin regime: as seen from Riga
Ieva Berzina
Ph.D, Senior Research Fellow, National Defence Academy of Latvia

10.20 – 10.40 Russia’s military capability in a 10 year perspective
Gudrun Persson
Ph.D, Deputy Research director, Swedish Defence Research Agency

10.40 – 11.00 Russia’s military modernization as seen from NATO
Carl Scott
Air Commodore (Rtd), former UK Defence Attaché in Moscow

11.00 – 11.15 Break

11.15 – 12.00 Q&A
Chair: Jørgen Staun, RDDC

12.00 – 12.45 Lunch
(Host: speakers only)

Panel II: Treating Russia right

12.45 – 13.15 Key note: Treating Russia right
How should NATO respond to Russia’s enhanced assertiveness?
Knud Bartels
General (ret.), Adjunct Professor, Royal Danish Defence College, Former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, former Danish Defence Chief.

13.15-13.35  When diplomacy works
Thomas Winkler
Ambassador, The Danish Embassy in Moscow

13.35 – 13.55 When diplomacy fails
Tor Bukkvoll
PhD., Senior Research Fellow
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)

13.55 – 14.15 Break

14.15 – 15.00 Q&A
Chair: Niels Bo Poulsen, RDDC

Please note: Chatham House Rules applies to the conference.

The conference is part of the syllabus of the RDDC master students and cadets, but is open to the general public.