DSEI Japan: Lessons learnt from Ukraine
The Japanese strategy paper 2022 has indicated that the international community is currently facing its greatest trial since WWII. It is not an exaggeration to say that we have entered a new period of crisis in the twenty-first century.
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has shocked the world, with the loss of countless innocent civilians’ lives giving rise to deep indignation and grief.
The lessons from Ukraine call for a coordinated and comprehensive strategy to strengthen defences against the full range of cyber destructive, espionage, and influence operations. As the war in Ukraine illustrates, while there are differences among these threats, the Russian Government does not pursue them as separate efforts and we should not put them in separate analytical silos. In addition, defensive strategies must consider the coordination of these cyber operations with kinetic military operations, as witnessed in Ukraine. This issue is particularly important for the Japanese as they need to build readiness in the face of the threat from China.
General Sir Richard Barrons KCB CBE joins the DSEI Japan team to discuss the challenges and solutions to building readiness to rapidly respond to unforeseen threats with interviewer Gary Waterfall AVM (Retd).
