[Air-L] Global Forum: The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict and the Future of Warfare

[Olga Boichak]

Please join us for a Global Forum that offers a critical reflection on the
Russia-Ukraine war and investigates the relationship between warfare and
media in this context.

*March 1, 6:00pm AEDT* (what time is it for me
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*Click here
<https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZZQroAtCRsi_hYWx5uT3zA> to
register for this virtual event.*

Ukraine is once again at the epicentre of news due to an unwarranted
full-scale military aggression from Russia. After years of influence
operations, active measures, and ceasefire violations, followed by failed
diplomacy and ineffective sanctions, missiles are once again flying and
more boots are on the ground. With hybrid war expanding into the realms of
communication and perception, new analytical tools are needed to understand
what happened and what is likely to come next. The Global Forum gathers
international experts for a critical analysis of the Russian-Ukrainian war
and what it represents for the future of warfare.

*Global Forum* is a webinar series hosted at the *Centre for International
Security Studies
<https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/our-research/centres-institutes-and-groups/centre-for-international-security-studies.html>at
the University of Sydney, Australia*. It was created in 2018 to bring
together international security experts to explore the most pressing global
issues in a critical and timely manner. Past themes
<https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/our-research/centres-institutes-and-groups/centre-for-international-security-studies/global-forum.html>
have
included the COVID-19 crisis (2020), digital insecurity (2019)
and global uncertainty (2018). The Forum will be recorded and made
available on the CISS YouTube channel
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT52PI0tqRnqmCB7DH0Fy0Q>.


Moderator
*Professor James Der Derian* is Director of CISS and Michael Hintze Chair
of International Security at the University of Sydney. He writes books and
produces documentaries on war, peace, media and technology.

Speakers
*Dr Olga Boichak* is a Lecturer in Digital Cultures at the University of
Sydney. She is a Ukrainian-born media sociologist who has published
extensively on the role of digital technologies in the Russian-Ukrainian
war and is an editor of the *Digital War Journal.*

*Dr William Merrin* is Associate Professor in Media and Communication at
Swansea University, UK. He is the author of *Digital War: A Critical
Introduction* (2018), which offers a comprehensive overview of the impact
of digital technologies upon the military, the media, the global public,
and the concept of ‘warfare’ itself.

*Dr Anthony Szabo* is the Information Warfare Star Shot leader for the
Australian Defence Force’s Defence Science and Technology Group.

*Bryce Wilson* is a photojournalist and documentary filmmaker from
Melbourne, Australia. Bryce has been covering the Russian-Ukrainian war
since 2015 and is currently in Ukraine.