Russia's military capabilities and objectives of military policy examined

• Watch Parliament TV: Russian military capabilities
• Inquiry: Russia: implications for UK defence and security
• Defence Committee

Witnesses

Tuesday 1 March 2016, Wilson Room, Portcullis House

At 11.30am

• James Sherr, Fellow and Former Head of the Chatham House Russia Programme
• Keir Giles, Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, Eurasian Security
• Lukasz Kulesa, Director, Research, European Leadership Network

At 12.05pm

• Mark Laity, Chief Strategic Communications (StratCom), SHAPE
• Robert Pszczel, Acting Head, NATO Information Office in Moscow, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO HQ

Scope of the session

The Committee seeks to:

• Examine how the UK should manage its capabilities to engage with Russia where appropriate whilst mitigating military confrontation with Russia.
• Explore the nature and extent of Russian military capabilities and the key elements and objectives of Russia’s military policy and strategy.
• Understand the extent to which the UK has adequate information about Russia’s military capabilities and intentions, the main tools of Russian ‘multi-dimensional’– also known as ‘ambiguous’ and ‘hybrid’– warfare, and the capacity of the UK and NATO to respond.

Further information

• About Parliament: Select committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees