Russian Nuclear Strategy after the Cold War
Russian Nuclear Strategy after the Cold War
Speaker: Ven Bruusgaard, K. (Center for International Security and Cooperation [CISAC] at Stanford University)
Date: 17 April 2018
Speaker Session Preview
SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Ms. Kristin Ven Bruusgaard (Center for International Security and Cooperation [CISAC] at Stanford University) as a part of its SMA STRATCOM Academic Alliance Speaker Series. Ms. Ven Bruusgaard began the session by providing reasons why studying Russian nuclear strategy is important. She introduced the four iterations of Russian declaratory nuclear strategy since the end of the Cold War (occurring in 1993, 2000, 2010, and 2014), identifying their major features and changes across versions. Ms. Ven Bruusgaard then offered potential explanations for why Russian nuclear strategy changed throughout the years and argued that understanding the reasoning behind these changes is important. To conclude the session, Ms. Ven Bruusgaard reviewed her key findings after comparing Russian nuclear strategy documents from successive years and explained the national security implications of her findings.
Kristin Ven Bruusgaard is a Stanton Nuclear Security Predoctoral Fellow at the Center forInternational Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University, and a doctoral candidate atKing’s College London. Her research focuses on Russian nuclear strategy and deterrence policyin the post-Cold War era. Kristin is currently on leave from the Norwegian Institute for DefenceStudies (IFS). She has previously been a senior security policy analyst in the Norwegian ArmedForces, a junior researcher at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), and anintern at the Congressional Research Service (CRS) in Washington, D.C., and at NATO HQ. Sheholds an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown University, and a BA from WarwickUniversity. Her work has been published in Survival, Security Dialogue, U.S. Army War CollegeQuarterly Parameters, War on the Rocks and in the Texas National Security Review.
Site-wide Search
Search all site content, including all NSI and SMA publications, SMA Speaker series, NSI Team member bios, services, portfolio projects, company info, and more.
