Russian Transport Infrastructure and its Impact on Trade with Asian Partners
Date: August 27th, 2020 at 15:00 CEST / 09:00 EST Platform: Cisco Webex Events Hosted by: Russia Strategic Initiative
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Format
The panelist presented for 20 minutes followed by 40 minutes of Q&A.
Agenda
1500-1520 CEST / 0900-0920 EST
Presentation on Russian Transport Infrastructure and its Impact on Trade with Asian Partners
This presentation discussed the role of Russia's transport infrastructure - particularly its road, rail and port networks - in fulfilling some of Russia's economic and security strategies in its Far Eastern region. It unpacked the extent to which inadequate transport logistics are undermining Russia's stated intentions to deepen its trade links with Asian partners, as well as some of the security implications that poor infrastructure might have for some of Russia's security ambitions in the Far East.
1520-1600 CEST / 0920-1000 EST
Question & Answer Session
Presenter
Emily Ferris
Title: Research Fellow Affiliation: Russia and Eurasia Program, Royal United Services Institute
Emily Ferris specializes in Russia and Eurasia's foreign policy, with particular interest in Russian organized crime, Russia's foreign policy toward the West and the Far East, as well as the conflict in eastern Ukraine. She also researches political and security processes in Moldova and Belarus.
Before joining RUSI in 2018, Emily worked at Control Risks as a Russian security and politics analyst, advising clients conducting business in Russia and other Eastern European countries. She has worked and traveled extensively across Russia.
She holds a BA in Russian from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Organized Crime and Terrorism from University College London, where she specialized in Russian organized crime. She speaks Russian and Hebrew and has a good working knowledge of German.