Event: The Future of Relations between Russia and The West

Date of recording: 04/07/2018 Summary: Experts in both Russia and the West agree that the level of contemporary misunderstanding of actions, intentions and aims in the relations between Russia and the West might lead to irreversible miscalculations and responses that will increase the chances of an undesirable escalation, significantly endangering global security. In other words, the increasing popularisation of understandings based on mutual mistrust and emotional responses might lead to devastating mistakes in decision-making processes on either side. King’s Centre for Strategic Communications (KCSC) and the Gerda Henkel Foundation, in association with European Leadership Network (ELN), Centre of Military and Political Studies at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT), are pleased to invite you to explore the influence of trust and emotions on the future of the relations between Russia and the West. Speakers: Introduction: - Wyn Bowen, Head of the School of Security Studies Keynote: - Prof Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies Panel: - Dr Neville Bolt, Director of the King’s Centre for Strategic Communications (KCSC) - Prof Simon Koschut, Visiting Professor in International Relations and European Integration at the Otto Suhr Institute at the Freie Universität Berlin - Prof Mikhail Mironyuk, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics - Prof Andre Pavlov, Professor at Saint Petersburg State University and the chair of Strategic and Arms Control Studies Master’s Program. - Nicholas Wheeler, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Institute for Conflict, Cooperation, and Security at the University of Birmingham