Oscar Jonsson: Russia's Revolution in Intelligence Affairs
Date: March 1st, 2022 at 17:00 CET / 11:00 EDT Platform: Cisco Webex Events
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Abstract
Oscar Jonsson will be joined by Steffan Truvé and Samuel Bendett to discuss his ongoing RSI-sponsored research, Russia’s Revolution in Intelligence Affairs: From Natural Stupidity to Artificial Intelligence. The discussion will include analyzing how artificial intelligence is impacting intelligence affairs, how that is seen by Russian strategists, and what technologies and concepts are used.
Biographies
Oscar Jonsson
Title: Founder & CEO, Phronesis Analysis Affiliation: Researcher, Swedish Defence University
Dr. Oscar Jonsson is founder and CEO of Phronesis Analysis and researcher at Swedish Defence University. He holds a PhD from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. He has earlier been Director of the Center for the Governance of Change and Stockholm Free World Forum, as well as a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley and a subject-matter expert at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters where he worked with hybrid warfare, Russian strategy, and long-term planning.
Oscar has advised governments, armed forces’ leadership, and financial institutions on strategic affairs and geopolitical risk, and featured in international print and broadcast media. Oscar is the author of The Russian Understanding of War (Georgetown University Press).
Steffan Truvé
Title: Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer Affiliation: Recorded Future
Staffan Truvé is co-founder and CTO of Recorded Future. Previously, he was CEO of the Swedish Institute of Computer Science and Interactive Institute. Staffan has co-founded more than a dozen high-tech start-ups. He holds a PhD in computer science from Chalmers University of Technology and an MBA from Göteborg University. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at MIT. His research interests include artificial intelligence and information visualization. Staffan is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Samuel Bendett
Title: Adviser, CNA Russia Studies Program Affiliation: Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Samuel Bendett is an Adviser with CNA Strategy, Policy, Plans and Programs Center (SP3), where he is a member of the Russia Studies Program. He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. His work involves research on Russian defense and technology developments, unmanned and autonomous military systems, and Artificial Intelligence, as well as Russian military capabilities and decision-making during crises.
He is a Member of CNA's Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence, and an honorary "Mad Scientist" with the USARMY TRADOC's Mad Scientist Initiative. He is also a Russian military autonomy and AI SME for the DOD's Defense Systems Information Analysis Center.