Analysing Russian foreign policy in times of upheavals

9h30-12:30 Session 1: Actors of the Russian foreign policy-making and doing

Welcome: Christian Lequesne, CERI, Sciences Po.

Speakers: 

• Sophie Momzikoff-Markoff, Sorbonne Université - Conflicting Visions of European Security among the Russian Political and Military Elite (1992-1996).
• Emilija Pundziūtė-Gallois, Vytautas Magnus University - The Russian diplomacy: from prestige to decline?
• Samuel Ramani, University of Oxford - Russian PMCs and Wagner Group.
• Vladimir Gel’man, University of Helsinki - Why Russia Fails: Domestic Factors of Aggression towards Ukraine 

Discussion:
Anne de Tinguy, Sciences Po-CERI

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:30 Session 2: Instruments and processes of the Russian action abroad

• Anaïs Marin, Chatham House - The many edges of Russia's influence strategy: the sharp power toolbox and its limits.
• Maxime Audinet, IRSEM - Framing the Invasion of Ukraine and Wagner’s Expansion in Africa: A Semantic Analysis of Russia’s Influence Abroad.
• Roy Allison, University of Oxford - Russia’s instrumentalization of legal, normative and political rhetoric for its war against Ukraine: objectives and consequences.
• David Cadier and Michael Kimmage, University of Groningen - The Catholic University of America. Russia’s Decision-making over Ukraine: Insights from Foreign Policy Analysis.

Discussion:
Isabelle Facon, FRS.

Scientific coordinators: Prof. Christian Lequesne, Dr. David Cadier, Dr. Emilija Pundziūtė-Gallois.