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The Russian Military: Today and Tomorrow

A conference in honor of Mary C. FitzGerald

Monday, August 24

The reassertion of Russian power, especially military power, in recent years requires a more sophisticated understanding of the Russian military and its possible future development. The necessity for such study has become even more important with the Obama administration actively seeking a new foreign policy toward Russia. This understanding must include the current defense reform efforts, Russian perceptions of security trends in Europe and Asia, new Russian concepts of national security, and Russian views regarding future war, information warfare, the role of nuclear weapons, and Russia's efforts to develop forces for power projection beyond Russia's borders.

Hudson Institute convened a conference in honor of the memory of our late colleague Mary C. FitzGerald, who passed away on April 5, and brought together distinguished defense analysts who worked with her.

Schedule

Registration: 9:00-9:15

Introduction by S. Enders Wimbush, Senior Vice President for International Programs and Policy at Hudson Institute

Panel 1: 9:15- 10:45

Stephen Blank, U.S. Army War College, "Russian Military Doctrine"

Dale Herspring, Kansas State University, "Defense Reform in Contemporary Russia"

Panel 2: 11:00-12:30

Joshua Spero, Fitchburg State University, "Russian Military Challenges for Central-East Europe"

Richard Weitz, Hudson Institute,"Russian-Chinese Security Relations"

Lunch: 12:30-1:30

Panel 3: 1:30-3:00

Jacob Kipp, U.S. Army Command and Staff College, "System and Systemology in Russian Military Thinking"

Timothy Thomas, U.S. Army Command and Staff College, "Russia and China and Information Warfare"

Panel 4: 3:15-4:45

Mikhail Tsypkin, Naval Postgraduate School, "Naval Missions and Capabilities"

Daniel Goure, Lexington Institute, "Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control"

For more information, please email Richard Weitz at Weitz@hudson.org

Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center,

Hudson Institute, 1015 15^th Street, NW, 6^th Floor,

Washington, DC