Link to Video RecordingPasscode:RSIvideo2023
Abstract:
Understanding the nature and character of war and predicting future war is one of the core activities of military planning and the utmost responsibility of the General Staff. It is the foundation for capabilities and organizational development to fight the next war. During this event, Oscar Jonsson will present his recent RSI-funded project analyzing the role of the Russian General Staff in influencing policy and command and control, the decision to go to war, and the extent to which the General Staff controls the war.
Understanding the nature and character of war and predicting future war is one of the core activities of military planning and the utmost responsibility of the General Staff. It is the foundation for capabilities and organizational development to fight the next war.
During this event, Oscar Jonsson will present his recent RSI-funded project analyzing the role of the Russian General Staff in influencing policy and command and control, the decision to go to war, and the extent to which the General Staff controls the war.
Biography
Speaker: Oscar Jonsson
Dr. Oscar Jonsson is the Academic Director of the Center for the Governance of Change. He holds a Ph.D. from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. He was previously Director of the Stockholm Free World Forum, a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, and a subject-matter expert at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. Oscar has advised governments, armed forces’ leadership, and financial institutions on strategic affairs and geopolitical risk and featured in international print and broadcast media.
Oscar’s research focuses on the impact of emerging technologies on modern statecraft and conflict, particularly Russian modern warfare. He is the author of The Russian Understanding of War Georgetown University Press, on the Commander of US Special Forces’ reading list for 2020. He is a finalist for the Association of American Publishers award for scholarly and professional excellence in social sciences 2020.