Of Russia’s Politics of Memory – Russian Roulette Episode 106

In this episode of Russian Roulette, Heather sits down with Hannah Alberts, analyst with U.S. European Command based in the United Kingdom, and Jade McGlynn, researcher and lecturer at the University of Oxford.

They were participants in CSIS’s Understanding the Russian Military Today, a five-day, professional development program that explored the elements of Russian military power, including its composition and prospects, social and historical foundations, doctrine, and current operations. As a final exercise, participants were tasked with developing short, independent research papers that explored one of four major themes: Russian society, strategy, and history; elements of Russian military power; recent uses of Russian military power; and resources behind Russian military power.

Hannah and Jade discussed their papers, both of which focus on how Russia instrumentalizes history and culture at home as well as abroad to serve a political or military purpose.

You can find Hannah’s paper here: https://www.csis.org/blogs/post-soviet-post/next-generation-fighters

Jade’s: https://www.csis.org/blogs/post-soviet-post/constructing-memory-alliances

You can also follow Jade on Twitter: @jademcglynn122

You can find papers written by other participants here: https://www.csis.org/programs/russia-and-eurasia-program/understanding-russian-military-today

Stay safe and healthy.