On June 24, Moscow will hold a military parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. This year the annual ritual, normally held on May 9 but postponed because of the pandemic, has acquired an even more powerful symbolic significance, as it is being held on the same date that the first victory parade took place in Moscow in 1945. Michael Kofman, Olga Oliker, Jeffrey Edmonds, and Aleksandr Golts discussed the actual and symbolic roles that the military plays in the Russian national narrative advanced by the Kremlin and considered how that shapes Russian military strategy today.
Speakers:
Michael Kofman - Global Fellow; Director, Russia Studies Program, CNA Corporation
Olga Oliker- Director, Europe and Central Asia Program, International Crisis Group
Jeffrey Edmonds - Global Fellow; Research Scientist, Center for Naval Analyses
Alexander Golts - George F. Kennan Fellow; Deputy Editor, EJ.RU; Visiting Researcher, IRES, Uppsala University
Moderator:
Matthew Rojansky - Director, Kennan Institute
