Explainer of Russia
Keir Giles has spent his career watching, studying and explaining Russia. His work has appeared in a wide range of academic and military publications across Europe and in North America, and he is a regular contributor and commentator on Russian affairs for international print and broadcast media.
Giles is a Senior Consulting Fellow at the UK's Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), and also works with the Conflict Studies Research Centre (CSRC), a group of deep subject matter experts on Eurasian security formerly attached to the British Ministry of Defence. He is a regular contributor to research projects on Russian security issues in the U.S., UK and Europe.
Wednesday, 29. October 2025, 18:30 – 20:00 h
Live from the Studio
Europe is facing a perfect storm of three potentially disastrous trends: Russian determination to restore its empire; American disengagement from the defence of the continent, and Western European denialism over the magnitude and urgency of the challenge.
British researcher Keir Giles has been analysing and predicting the threat from Russia for over 20 years. In 2024 he wrote "Who Will Defend Europe?", predicting precisely the situation the continent would find itself in a year later. In this lecture and discussion, he will outline how far down the road to a cataclysmic outcome Europe is today – and what can be done to avert it.