Written evidence submitted by Brigadier (Rtd) Anthony Paphiti, former ALS officer and Visiting Researcher at BU’s CRoLS and Dr Sascha Dov Bachmann, Associate Professor in International Law and Visiting Research Fellow at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, to Parliament’s Defence Select Committee has been published and can be viewed at the Defence Committee’s website.
Russia: implications for UK defence and security inquiry
Accepting written submissions. The deadline for submission of written evidence has been extended for three weeks until 8 March
Scope of the inquiry
The House of Commons Defence Select Committee will be conducting an inquiry into Russian defence policy and the implications of this for UK defence and security.
The submitted evidence is the result of some ongoing collaborations on various aspects of Hybrid Warfare and its impact on Media, Law, Society undertaken by Sascha Dov Bachmann and colleagues from Exeter, Stockholm, NATO and Austria. More information on these collaborations can be found in BU’s 2016 Research Chronicle.
Written Submission to UK Parliament’s Defence Sub-Committee by Sascha Dov Bachmann on Russian Law fare Capabilities As A Threat To The Arctic










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