Rose Gottemoeller - The war in Ukraine: Russia’s approach and implications for defense and security policy

 Kate Scholberg

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From the speaker:

“The war in Ukraine has seen both an unprecedented degree of nuclear saber-rattling from the Kremlin and a surge in military technology innovation. The irony is that as Putin and his coterie threaten nuclear holocaust with a technology that is nearly 100 years old, the Ukrainians have shown a remarkable ability to innovate, using off-the-shelf technology and their command of rocket science to shape the fight to their advantage. This interplay of old and new holds a number of risks for both combatants: they are walking a thin line between deterring each other and achieving their military objectives. Rose Gottemoeller will talk about the future implications of these dynamics for defense and security policy.”

Presenter

Rose Gottemoeller

Rose Gottemoeller is a lecturer at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and research fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Before joining Stanford Gottemoeller was the Deputy Secretary General of NATO from 2016 to 2019, where she helped to drive forward NATO’s adaptation to new security challenges in Europe and in the fight against terrorism.  Prior to NATO, she served for nearly five years as the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the U.S. Department of State, advising the Secretary of State on arms control, nonproliferation and political-military affairs. While Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance in 2009 and 2010, she was the chief U.S. negotiator of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with the Russian Federation.

Prior to her government service, she was a senior associate with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, with joint appointments to the Nonproliferation and Russia programs. She served as the Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center from 2006 to 2008, and is currently a nonresident fellow in Carnegie's Nuclear Policy Program. She is also a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.

At Stanford, Gottemoeller teaches and mentors students in the Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy program and the CISAC Honors program; contributes to policy research and outreach activities; and convenes workshops, seminars and other events relating to her areas of expertise, including nuclear security, Russian relations, the NATO alliance, EU cooperation and non-proliferation.