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Abstract:
Understanding the nature and character of war, and predicting future war is at the core activities of military planning, and the utmost responsibility of the General Staff. This 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 extend to which the General Staff controls the war.
Understanding the nature and character of war, and predicting future war is at the core activities of military planning, and the utmost responsibility of the General Staff. This 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 extend to which the General Staff controls the war.
Biographies
Speaker: Oscar Jonsson
Dr. Oscar Jonsson is Academic Director for the Center for the Governance of Change. He holds a PhD from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. He has earlier been 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, and in particular Russian modern warfare. He is the author of The Russian Understanding of War (Georgetown University Press) which is on the Commander of US Special Forces’ reading list for 2020 and finalist for the Association of American Publisher’s award for scholarly and professional excellence in social sciences 2020.