CNA: Russian Military in Ukraine - Significance for the Future
Date: March 24th, 2022 at 17:00 CET / 12:00 EDT Platform: Cisco Webex Events
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Mike Kofman will host a panel to discuss early observations from the current conflict in Ukraine on the Russian way of war. Panelists will include Charles Bartles, Johan Norberg, and Justin Bronk. The discussion will explore Russian military doctrine and capabilities and compare the current execution in the conflict in Ukraine to how we would expect Russia to fight in a large-scale war with NATO.
Biographies
Michael Kofman
Title: Research Program Director, Russia Studies Program Affiliation: Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
Michael Kofman serves as a Research Program Director in the Russia Studies Program at CNA and as a Fellow at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, DC. His research focuses on Russia and the former Soviet Union, specializing in Russian armed forces, military thought, capabilities, and strategy.
Previously, he served as a Program Manager and subject matter expert at National Defense University, advising senior military and government officials on issues in Russia and Eurasia. Mr. Kofman is also a Senior Editor at War on the Rocks, where he regularly authors articles on strategy, the Russian military, Russian decision-making, and related foreign policy issues. He runs a personal blog on the Russian armed forces at Russian Military Analysis.
Charles Bartles
Title: Analyst and Russian Linguist Affiliation: Foreign Military Studies Office
Charles Bartles is an analyst and Russian linguist at the Foreign Military Studies Office at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. His research areas include Russian and Central Asian military force structure, tactics, modernization, and Soviet/Russian military mapping.
Chuck is also a Major in the US Army Reserve who has deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, and has served as a security assistance officer at embassies in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. He is the co-author of the book The Russian Way of War: Force Structure, Tactics, and the Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces (Mentor, 2017).
Johan Norberg
Title: Eurasia Fellow Affiliation: Foreign Policy Research Institute; Senior Military Analyst, Sweden’s Defense Research Agency (FOI)
Johan Norberg is a Eurasia Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a Senior Military Analyst at Sweden’s Defense Research Agency (FOI). He is one of the world’s leading experts on Russian military affairs. Johan has worked for 24 years examining developments in the Russian Armed Forces and has served in Peace Support Operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, and the Middle East.
His recent authored and co-authored publications include: Russian Military Capability in a Ten-Year Perspective (2019), Security in Central Asia (2019), and The Crimea Operation: Implications for Future Russian Military Intervention (2014).
Justin Bronk
Title: Research Fellow for Airpower and Technology Affiliation: RUSI
Justin Bronk is the Research Fellow for Airpower and Technology in the Military Sciences team at RUSI. He is also Editor of the RUSI Defence Systems online journal.
Justin's particular areas of expertise include the modern combat air environment, Russian and Chinese ground-based air defenses and fast jet capabilities, unmanned combat aerial vehicles, and novel weapons technology. He has written extensively for RUSI and a variety of external publications, as well as appearing regularly in the international media.