Online Event: The Russian Campaign in Syria: Assessing Russian Strategy, Goals and Operations

May 13, 2020, 12:00-12:45pm
Online

Join the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) for a expert discussion on a new report on the Russian campaign in Syria. 

Dr. Seth Jones, Harold Brown Chair and Director of CSIS's Transnational Threats Project, will be joined by CSIS experts to discuss Russia's military and diplomatic campaign in Syria, the largest and most significant Russian out-of-area operation since the end of the Cold War.

Experts joining Seth will include: Brian Katz, fellow, former CIA analyst for the Middle East and country director for Syria in the Office of the Secretary of Defense; Shannon Culbertson, visiting fellow, and on leave from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy; and Colonel Jason Gresh, military fellow, who recently served as the chief, Russian deconfliction cell, Combined Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), for this timely conversation.

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Speakers

Seth Jones, Harold Brown Chair and Director of the Transnational Threats Project, CSIS

Brian Katz, fellow, CSIS; former CIA analyst for the Middle East; country director for Syria in the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Shannon Culbertson, visiting fellow, CSIS; on leave from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy

Jason Gresh, military fellow, CSIS; former chief, Russian deconfliction cell, Combined Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR)