Russian Globally Integrated Operations (GIO) Part 3: Polar Power - Russian Energy and Globally Integrated Operations
Date: September 22nd, 2020 at 15:00 CEST / 09:00 EST Platform: Cisco Webex Events
Link to Video Recording
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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#3: Polar Power - Russian Energy and Globally Integrated Operations
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 examines the importance to the Russian leadership of the Northern Sea Route as a strategic project as Moscow seeks not only a larger share of Arctic resources but to create an exclusive link between Asia and Europe. While the Arctic is a priority focus for Russia, this session shows that this is only one part of a broader strategic horizon that includes forays to the south and Antarctica and the Global Commons more broadly.
Read Ahead Paper
Russian Energy and Globally Integrated Operations.pdf (with Executive Summary)
Biography
Lead Speaker: Dr. 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 a regular contributor to the debate on the future of European energy security and 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).
Panelist: Andrew Monaghan, Ph.D.
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
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
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. 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. He is the author of Russia's Response to Sanctions (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
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)