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The outcome of Russia’s war with Ukraine remains uncertain. After a series of setbacks during 2022, Moscow has managed to stabilize the front line, to contain the Ukrainian counter-offensive of summer 2023, and is now threatening Kyiv’s positions. How might the balance of power evolve? What are the strengths and weaknesses of Ukraine and Russia? This war has rapidly taken on a regional and even global dimension. What are the successes and limitations of Russian efforts in the “Global South”, and how can the West counter them? Could tensions in the seas around Russia escalate? How is Moscow conceptualizing and waging its war against the West on its borders and in the Euro-Atlantic area?
9:00-9:30: Opening Remarks
- Thomas Gomart, Director, Ifri.
- Alexandre Escorcia, Director, Europe, North America and Multilateral Action Department, Directorate General of International Relations and Strategy, French Ministry of the Armed Forces.
9:30-11:00 : Panel 1. War in Ukraine: Belligerents' Strenghs and Weaknesses
Moderation : Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Director, Ifri's Russia / Eurasia Center.
- Sanctions Against Russia: Effects and Circumvention. Vladislav Inozemtzev, Russian Economist, Director of the Center for Post-Industrial Studies.
- Russia's Military-Industrial Complex: Capabilities and Limitations. Pavel Luzin, Research Fellow, Jamestown Foundation (United States).
- Ukrainian Army: Overcoming Vulnerabilities. Maria Berlinska, Head of the Victory Drones Project.
- Russian Army: Recruitment, Training, Morale. Yuri Fedorov, Independent Russian Researcher.
11:00-11:30 : Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 : Panel 2. Russia and the "Global South": What Levers for the West?
Moderation : Dimitri Minic, Research Fellow, Ifri's Russia / Eurasia Center.
- Russia-India: What Potential for Cooperation? Aleksey Zakharov, Independent Russian Researcher.
- Russia and the New BRICS Countries: Scientific and Technological Partnerships. Irina Dezhina, Visiting Scholar, Stanford University (United States).
- Russia's Relations With China: A Structural Transformation? Vita Spivak, Non-Resident Scholar, Carnegie.
- Russia, the Gulf States and Iran: State of Play and Prospects. Derek Averre, Honorary Reader, University of Birmingham (United Kingdom).
13:00-14:00 : Buffet Lunch at Ifri
14:30-16:00 : Panel 3. Seas: Can Tensions Boil Over?
Moderation : Elie Tenenbaum, Director, Ifri's Security Studies Center.
- What Future for the Black Sea? Dimitar Bechev, Lecturer, Oxford School of Global Area Studies (United Kingdom), Senior Researcher, Carnegie Europe.
- The Baltic Sea and the Arctic: Areas of Confrontations and Opportunities. Pavel Baev, Professor, PRIO (Norway), Associate Researcher, Ifri (France).
- Can the Caspian Sea Really Become An Energy Hub? Sergey Sukhankin, Senior Researcher, Jamestown Foundation (United States).
- The Russian Maritime Factor in East Asia. Céline Pajon, Researcher, Ifri (France).
15:30-16:00 : Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 : Panel 4. Russia Versus the West: Ideologies and Capacity for Harm
Moderation : Céline Bayou, Head Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus Department, Directorate General of International Relations and Strategy, French Ministry of the Armed Forces.
- The Russian Ideological Factor in the Context of War. Mikhail Suslov, Associate Professor, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen (Danemark).
- Russia and Candidates for European Integration (Moldavia, Georgia, Armenia). Dyonis Cenusa, Program Director, Expert-Group (Moldavia), Associate Researcher, Eastern Europe Studies Centre (Lithuania), Le:cturer Jusus-Liebig-University (Germany).
- The Kremlin in the Euro-Atlantic Area: Current Destabilizations and Sources of Tension. Agnieszka Legucka, Researcher, PISM (Poland).
- Cyber Infrastructure control and "Information Warfare": a Russian Strategy, Kevin Limonier, Deputy Director, GEODE, Lecturer in Geography and Slavic Studies, IFG (France).
17:30 : Closing Remarks
- Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Director, Ifri's Russia / Eurasia Center.
This event is coordinated with the support of the Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS), French Ministry of the Armed Forces.
Seminar in person by invitation only.
The event will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation in French.
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