View source for Russian Globally Integrated Operations (GIO) Part4: Russia's Role as a Supplier of Strategically Important Goods

'''Date:''' September 24th, 2020 at 15:00 CEST / 09:00 EST  
'''Platform:''' Cisco Webex Events  

=== Link to Video Recording ===  
Recording will be made available soon.  

=== Format ===  
The panelist will present for 20-30 minutes followed by 30-40 minutes of Q&A  

=== Agenda ===  
'''15:00-15:30 CEST / 09:00-09:30 EST:''' Presentation on GIO#4: Russia's Role as a Supplier of Strategically Important Goods  

'''15:30-16:00 CEST / 09:30-10:00 EST:''' Question & Answer Session with Moderation to include other panelists  

=== Project Abstract ===  
This project examines Russian grand strategy. The concept of "Globally Integrated Operations" – one explicitly discussed by the Russian leadership – provides a holistic lens through which to view Russian strategic thinking and activity. It illuminates how Moscow seeks to reorganise the structure of its defence and security landscape to cope with perceived security challenges, and the trajectory of its international activity. It examines Moscow's "mental maps" and how Russian economic and security interests are intertwined.  

=== Panel Abstract ===  
This session looks at how the Russian leadership has consistently sought to expand exports of strategically important goods beyond traditional markets. Over the past decade, Moscow has cultivated a number of new markets across the world, especially in Asia and the MENA region, and as a result, Russia's economic presence across the globe has significantly grown. The session reflects on the consequences of this shift.  

=== Read Ahead Paper ===  
[https://example.com/20200901_Russia_Role_as_Supplier.pdf Russia's Role as a Supplier.pdf] (with Executive Summary)  

=== Biography ===  

==== Lead Speaker: Dr. Richard Connolly ====  
[[File:Photo_Richard_Connolly.jpg|thumb|200px|Richard Connolly]]  
'''Title:''' Director  
'''Affiliation:''' Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES), University of Birmingham  

Richard Connolly is director of the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) and senior lecturer in political economy at the University of Birmingham. His research and teaching are principally concerned with the political economy of Russia and Eurasia.  

He is also an associate fellow on the Russia and Eurasia programme at Chatham House, visiting professor on the Master of Global Public Policy (MGPP) programme at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, and editor of ''Post-Communist Economies''. His most recently-published work is ''Russia's Response to Sanctions'' (Cambridge University Press, 2018).  

==== Panelist: Andrew Monaghan, Ph.D. ====  
[[File:Photo_Andrew_Monaghan.jpg|thumb|200px|Andrew Monaghan]]  
'''Title:''' Director  
'''Affiliation:''' Russia Research Network Ltd; Non-Resident Associate Fellow, NATO Defence College, Rome  

Dr. Andrew Monaghan is Director of the Russia Research Network Ltd. Additionally, he is a Non-Resident Associate Fellow of the NATO Defence College in Rome, Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of several books, including ''Dealing with the Russians'' (Polity, 2019).  

==== Panelist: Dr. Alexander J. Kent ====  
[[File:Photo_Alexander_Kent.jpg|thumb|200px|Alexander J. Kent]]  
'''Title:''' Reader in Cartography and Geographic Information Science  
'''Affiliation:''' Canterbury Christ Church University  

Dr. Alexander J. Kent is Reader in Cartography and Geographic Information Science at Canterbury Christ Church University and Immediate Past President of the British Cartographic Society. He is the co-author of ''The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World'' (University of Chicago Press, 2017).  

==== Panelist: Charles Bartles ====  
[[File:Photo_Charles_Bartles.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Bartles]]  
'''Title:''' Analyst and Russian Linguist  
'''Affiliation:''' Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas  

Charles Bartles is an analyst and Russian linguist at the Foreign Military Studies Office at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He is also a Major in the US Army Reserve and co-author of ''The Russian Way of War: Force Structure, Tactics, and the Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces'' (Mentor, 2017).  

==== Panelist: Dr. Nazrin Mehdiyeva ====  
[[File:Photo_Nazrin_Mehdiyeva.jpg|thumb|200px|Nazrin Mehdiyeva]]  
'''Title:''' Geopolitics and Energy Security Specialist  

Dr. Nazrin Mehdiyeva is a geopolitics and energy security specialist, working with governments, international institutions, and energy majors. She is co-author of ''Beyond Blood Oil: Philosophy, Policy, and the Future'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018) and author of ''Power Games in the Caucasus'' (I.B. Tauris, 2011).  

=== Series Information ===  
This is part of a four-part series on Russian Globally Integrated Operations:  
* '''GIO #1:''' Grand Strategy, Not Opportunism (September 15th @ 15:00)  
* '''GIO #2:''' How Moscow Maps the World (September 16th @ 15:00)  
* '''GIO #3:''' Polar Power - Russian Energy and Globally Integrated Operations (September 22nd @ 15:00)  
* '''GIO #4:''' Russia's Role as a Supplier of Strategically Important Goods (September 24th @ 15:00)  

=== Additional Resources ===  
* '''[[Main Page#Calendar|Current Calendar]]'''  
* '''[[RSI Research|All RSI Research]]'''