On August 27, at 11:00, the Valdai Discussion Club will host a presentation of the Club’s new analytical report titled “The Future of War”.
The topic of future wars has become timely due to the return of great-power rivalry, intensive “proxy wars”, and the development of qualitatively new technologies. While the socio-political element of war remains unchanged, transformations at the technological, political, and economic levels have had a direct impact on the nature, theory, and practice of warfare. The present report analyses the phenomenon of war in an era which has witnessed the emergence of a new technological order and the role of technology in shaping the future of war.
The authors of the report put forward their own concept of the “spiral-cyclic evolution” of war. According to them, it aims to provide a clearer picture of the close ties between technologies, strategies, and decision-making, as well as increase our ability to make accurate predictions about future military conflicts.
The report particularly emphasizes three types of future warfare — kinetic, cognitive, and cyber — which are most likely to serve as the basis of future interstate conflicts.
Speakers:
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Maxim Suchkov, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Processes Analysis, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO); Associate Professor, Department of Applied Analysis of International Problems at MGIMO
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Sim Tack, Co-founder and chief military analyst at Force Analysis (via videolink)
Moderator:
- Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Director of the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO University
Working languages: Russian, English.
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