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On 3 June at 1500 CEST, Chatham House will continue a multi-part webinar series on their handbook on "Myths & Fallacies in the Policy Debate on Russia: Why misperceptions occur, how they affect policy, and what can be done." This event will cover two of the myths identified and addressed in the handbook:
- Russia and The West Want the Same Thing, Keir Giles- Russia is not in a Conflict with the West, Mathieu Boulegue
Abstract:
Many baseline assumptions guiding Western policy toward Russia are commonly accepted, but entirely mistaken. The roots of repetitive failures in engagement with Russia lie in readily identifiable false premises that have become ingrained in policy and analytical communities outside Russia. Overcoming these fixed beliefs is a precondition for any meaningful discussion on Russia, but doing so is a repetitive task because of their ubiquity. The result is a substantial proportion of analytical bandwidth being expended on repeatedly demolishing the same misconceptions before addressing more substantive issues. Chatham House's "Myths and Misconceptions" project provides a learning aid for policy-makers, designed to help overcome misapprehensions regarding Russia, its aims, and the means by which it can be engaged with or deterred.
Keir GilesSenior Consulting Fellow, Russia-Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
Keir Giles is a senior consulting fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme. Keir spent the early 1990s in the former USSR. With the BBC Monitoring Service, he reported on political and economic affairs in the former Soviet Union for UK government customers. He also wrote for several years as a Russia correspondent for UK aviation journals. Other professional experience in Russia includes a period with Ernst & Young working on intricate and constantly shifting Russian business law. While attached to the UK Defense Academy's Research and Assessment Branch (R&AB), he wrote and briefed for UK and overseas government and academic customers on Russian military, defense and security issues; Russia's relations with NATO and with its neighbors in Northern Europe; and human factors affecting decision-making in Russia. In addition to Keir's work with Chatham House, he leads the Conflict Studies Research Centre, a group of subject matter experts in Eurasian security.
James NixeyDirector, Russia-Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
James Nixey a director of the Russia-Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, Europe’s largest and most active organizing center for information and analysis of the formerly Soviet states. His principal field concerns the relationships between Russia and the other post-Soviet countries. He has published papers and articles in books and journals, and commented extensively in the national and global media. Publications include The Long Goodbye: Waning Russian Influence in The South Caucasus and Central Asia, 'Russia’s Geopolitical Compass: Losing Direction' in, Putin Again: Implications for Russia and the West, and 'The South Caucasus: Drama on Three Stages' in A Question of Leadership: America’s Role in a Changed World.
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