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RSI will be joined by Richard Connolly, Janis Kluge (SWP, Berlin) and Maria Shagina (IISS, London) to discuss the requirements and prospects for the Russian defense industry as an outcome of Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.
Biographies
Richard ConnollyDirector, Eastern Advisory GroupAssociate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Dr Richard Connolly is director of the consultancy, Eastern Advisory Group, and an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. He was previously director of the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Birmingham and an associate fellow on the Russia and Eurasia Program at Chatham House. He is a specialist on the Russian economy.
His most recent books are Russia’s Response to Sanctions, published by Cambridge University Press in 2018, and the Very Short Introduction to the Russian Economy, published by Oxford University Press in 2020.
Janis KlugeSenior AssociateGerman Institute for International Affairs (SWP), Berlin
Dr Janis Kluge is a Senior Associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin, Germany, where he advises the German government and the Bundestag on foreign policy matters. He joined SWP in 2017 after finishing his PhD in economics at Witten/Herdecke University in Germany. Dr Kluge’s research at SWP focuses on Russia’s economic development, domestic policy and sanctions. He has published extensively on issues ranging from Russia’s government budget, to Russia’s digital economy, Russia’s policy in the Arctic and Russia-China relations. Dr Kluge is a frequent commentator on international media, including Bloomberg, CNN, the Economist, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He is also a partner in the RUSECOPOL research project led by the Norwegian Institute of Defence Studies and a coordinator of the EU-Russia expert network.
Maria ShaginaResearch Fellow for Economic Sanctions, Standards and StrategyInternational Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Prior to joining the IISS, Maria was a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Center on US Politics and Power at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. From 2017 and 2021, she worked as research fellow at the Center for Eastern European Studies at the University of Zurich, as senior political analyst at Global Risk Insights, and as executive assistant at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. Maria has held numerous prestigious fellowships, including from the Swiss Government, Swiss National Science Foundation, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Open Society Institute and DAAD. In 2020, she was selected as a GLOBSEC Young Leader and as a member of the European Leadership Network.She has written extensively on Western sanctions against Russia, energy security in Eurasia and Russia's political economy and foreign policy. Maria’s research has been cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Foreign Policy and The Guardian. Maria holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Lucerne (Switzerland).