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'''Date:''' September 18th, 2020 at 15:00 CEST / 09:00 EST  
'''Platform:''' Cisco Webex Events  

=== Link to Video Recording ===  
[https://eucom.webex.com/eucom/ldr.php?RCID=6b9c8cf2df0fad05a36132952ae182f9 Link to Video Recording]  
'''Recording Password:''' 8tJkyq3NKf3  

=== Format ===  
Each panelist will present for 15 minutes followed by 30 minutes of Q&A  

=== Agenda ===  
* '''15:00-15:30 CEST / 09:00-09:30 EST:''' Presentation on The Russian Understanding of War  
* '''15:30-16:00 CEST / 09:30-10:00 EST:''' Question & Answer Session with Moderation to include other panelists  

=== Panel Abstract ===  
This panel session will examine Russian understandings of war - what war is for, and how success and failure may be understood. The first part will examine historical examples to see what lessons may be learnt, the second part will explore the economic aspects such as resilience and economic statecraft.  

=== Biography ===  

==== 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 (where he is also the Commissioning Editor of the Russian Studies publication series), Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham.  

He has previously worked for the Oxford Changing Character of War Centre, Chatham House, NATO, and the UK Defence Academy. He has advised various governments and international organisations, as well as major companies. He is widely published and is the author of several books, including ''Dealing with the Russians'' (Polity, 2019), ''Power in Modern Russia'' (MUP, 2017), and ''The New Politics of Russia'' (MUP 2016).  

==== Panelist: Dr. Richard Connolly ====  
[[File:Photo_Richard_Connolly.jpg|thumb|200px|Richard Connolly]]  
'''Title:''' Director  
'''Affiliation:''' Eastern Advisory Group; 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 the monograph ''Russia's Response to Sanctions'' (Cambridge University Press, 2018).  

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