58 Civil-Military Relations in the Context of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Having entered already the third year of Russia’s full-scale war
against Ukraine, one can hardly disagree that it is immensely
important that apart from operational level assessments and
analyzing what’s happening at the frontline, we also have to look
into the social and societal aspects of this war. That is, shift
our focus from purely tangible or quantitative factors to also
intangible elements affecting military, its effectiveness and
performance. Therefore, in this podcast, we’ll be focusing on the
relationship between the society and the armed forces. In other
words, the challenges of civil-military relations with a special
focus on the Russian armed forces.


Host: research assistant Oona-Maaria Hyppölä. Guests: visiting
professor Bettina Renz and researcher Jonna Alava.