Moscow's Syrian Campaign: Change and Continuity in Russian Strategic Culture
Prof. Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky is a Head of the BA Honors Track in Strategy and Decision Making at the School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the IDC Herzliya, Israel. His research interests include international security, cultural approach to IR, modern military thought, and American, Russian and Israeli national security policy. He has published on these topics in Foreign Affairs, Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Studies, Intelligence and National Security, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and Journal of Cold War History. His books Operation Kavkaz and The Culture of Military Innovation (Stanford UP) earned the annual (2006 and 2012) prizes for the best academic works on Israeli security. His recent book, Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy (Stanford UP, 2019) explores the nexus of religion and strategy in Russia.

A sandwich lunch will be served at 12.40
Date: 12 February 2019, 13:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Hilary 2019)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G, Department of Politics and International Relations
Speaker: Dmitry Adamsky (IDC Herzliya)
Organising department: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)
Organiser: Dr Katerina Tkacova (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: info@ccw.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Andrew Monaghan (University of Oxford)
Part of: Changing Character of War (CCW) Seminar Series
Booking required?: Not required
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Elizabeth Robson