Air Marshal Edward Stringer - Russia's War on Ukraine

Policy Exchange is hosting a series of podcasts on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its broader consequences.  In this episode Michael Mosbacher asks Air Marshal Edward Stringer (Ret’d) – Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange and former Director General of the Defence Academy and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff – about the military consequences of the invasion and what its likely repercussions are:

1. Is this a military crisis Britain had planned for? Had we war gamed it?

2. Russia has made nuclear threats. How seriously should they be taken? Are they just sabre rattling or are the risks high due to Russia’s strategy risks?

3. Is the use of battlefield nuclear weapons by Russia a real possibility?

4. Britain’s nuclear strategy – does the fact that we purely rely on Trident for our nuclear deterrent limit our room for manoeuvre?

5. What does the war mean for last year’s Integrated Review? Do its conclusions need revisiting?

6. Is a No Fly Zone over Ukraine militarily feasible and would it make a real difference to the war?