Episode 65: Katarzyna Zysk: Russian Creativity and Risk-Taking


Russian theories of war and warfare have never been one-dimensional.

In conversation with Peter Roberts, Norwegian researcher Prof Katarzyna Zysk talks about Russian industrial innovation, military modernisation, power projection and political control. Unscrambling some of the nonsense spouted about Russia, Katarzyna deciphers the subtleties of the Sino-Russian military relationship, tensions in the Arctic and Russian activities abroad.

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Professor Peter Roberts

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