Strategic Talks: The Russia-Ukraine war – how to build civil and military resilience

Welcome to a panel talk that will discuss different aspects of modern warfare based on experiences from the war in Ukraine.

The panel will discuss various themes of modern warfare, civilian and military aspects of resilience during the war, elements of total defence, asymmetry, dispersal and the role of military industry in sustaining fighting power and national resilience.

Also, themes from Viktoriya Fedorchak’s research, where she provides a systematic analysis of the Russian-Ukraine war using the concept of resilient fighting power, will be highlighted in the discussion.

Panel:

Colonel Carl Bergqvist, Head of the Planning Department at the Air Force, Swedish Armed Forces

Brigadier General Anders Svensson, Deputy Chief of the Army, Swedish Armed Forces

Viktoriya Fedorchak, Associate Senior Lecturer in War Studies, Swedish Defence University

Captain Daniel Smith, Ph D student in War Studies, Swedish Defence University

Moderator:

Kjell Engelbrekt, Dean and Professor of Political Science, Swedish Defence University

Live broadcast

The event is also broadcasted online: https://fhs-se.zoom.us/j/68128909523

Registration

Please register below by 25 March. Make sure to bring a valid ID and to be on time as bags might be searched on arrival due to security reasons.