Event Recording
Dima Adamsky presented the first in a three-part series of workshops looking at the establishment of the new Main Military Political Directorate (MMPD). The workshop explored the mission, structure and concept of operations of the MMPD from its Soviet era roots to its current employment in the Russian MOD. The workshop established a baseline understanding of the organization, from which subsequent research will assess implications for Russian policy and strategy.
Speaker: Dr. Dmitry AdamskyProfessor, School of Government Diplomacy and StrategyIDC Herzliya, University, Herzliya, Israel
Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky is a Professor at the School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the IDC Herzliya University, Herzliya, Israel. His research interests include international security, cultural approach to IR, and American, Russian and Israeli national security policies. He has published on these topics in Foreign Affairs, Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Studies, Intelligence and National Security, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Washington Quarterly and Survival. His books Operation Kavkaz and The Culture of Military Innovation (Stanford UP) earned the annual (2006 and 2012) prizes for the best academic works on Israeli security. His book Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics and Strategy (Stanford UP) won the 2020 ISA best book award in the category of Religion and IR.
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