Oscar Jonsson - "Russian Military Innovation System"
Date: June 23rd, 2025 at 15:00 CET / 09:00 EDT Platform: Cisco Webex Events
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Summary
Oscar Jonsson will present his recent RSI-sponsored research on the Russian Military Innovation System. The project seeks to increase the understanding of the main processes for pioneering military innovation in Russia, understand the structure of the Russian leadership's innovation initiatives, and gauge the future direction of Russian military innovation.
Biography
Oscar Jonsson
Title: Director Affiliation: Phronesis Analysis
Dr. Oscar Jonsson holds a Ph.D. from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. He was previously Director of the Stockholm Free World Forum, a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, and a subject-matter expert at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters.
Oscar has advised governments, armed forces’ leadership, and financial institutions on strategic affairs and geopolitical risk and has featured in international print and broadcast media. His research focuses on the impact of emerging technologies on modern statecraft and conflict, particularly Russian modern warfare.
He is the author of The Russian Understanding of War, published by Georgetown University Press, which was on the Commander of US Special Forces’ reading list for 2020. He was also a finalist for the Association of American Publishers award for scholarly and professional excellence in social sciences in 2020.