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russia, nato, military policy
Russia's military capabilities and objectives of military policy examined
26 February 2016
The Defence Committee holds its first oral evidence session for its inquiry on Russia: implications for UK defence and security.
- Watch Parliament TV: Russian military capabilities
- Inquiry: Russia: implications for UK defence and security
- Defence Committee
Witnesses
Tuesday 1 March 2016, Wilson Room, Portcullis House
At 11.30am
- James Sherr, Fellow and Former Head of the Chatham House Russia Programme
- Keir Giles, Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, Eurasian Security
- Lukasz Kulesa, Director, Research, European Leadership Network
At 12.05pm
- Mark Laity, Chief Strategic Communications (StratCom), SHAPE
- Robert Pszczel, Acting Head, NATO Information Office in Moscow, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO HQ
Scope of the session
The Committee seeks to:
- Examine how the UK should manage its capabilities to engage with Russia where appropriate whilst mitigating military confrontation with Russia.
- Explore the nature and extent of Russian military capabilities and the key elements and objectives of Russia’s military policy and strategy.
- Understand the extent to which the UK has adequate information about Russia’s military capabilities and intentions, the main tools of Russian ‘multi-dimensional’– also known as ‘ambiguous’ and ‘hybrid’– warfare, and the capacity of the UK and NATO to respond.