Bettina Renz is a German political scientist and Professor of International Security at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham.[1][2][3] Her major research expertise is post-Soviet Russian security and defence policy, military reform and civil-military relations.[4][5] Since 2005, Renz has published numerous articles in academic journals describing the background and effects of changes in contemporary Russia's military.[6] She is an editorial board member of the United States Army War College Press.[7]
Bettina Renz | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Civil-military Relations in Post-Soviet Russia: The Case of ‘Military Politicians’ (2005) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Nottingham |
Education
editAfter receiving her MA and MSc in Russian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Renz went to Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham in 1999 for PhD, which dealt with Russian civil-military relations.[8][9] She completed her PhD in 2005. In 2006, she was an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Birmingham's European Research Institute.[4]
Academic career
editRenz lectured in Defence Studies at King's College London (Royal Air Force College) before being appointed to her current post in 2007.[10] She is a graduate of the King's Institute for Learning and Teaching and is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her teaching interests are in the broad areas of international security and strategic studies.[11]
In 2008, she was the personal tutor of Rizwaan Sabir, a 22-year-old MA student who downloaded al-Qaida-related material for dissertation’s research, and said to the BBC that the police action was a threat to academic freedom.[12][13]
Renz has previously worked with, guest lectured, or disseminated research findings at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, the Royal College of Defence Studies, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Swedish Defence Research Agency, the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, the Finnish National Defence Academy, and the NATO Defence College in Rome.[14][15]
During the academic year 2016/17, Renz worked as a Senior Researcher at the University of Helsinki’s Aleksanteri Institute on a project financed by the Finnish government.[14]
In spring 2020, she was a distinguished visiting professor at the Canadian Forces College.[16]
From October 2019 to September 2022, her research with Sarah Whitmore at Oxford Brookes University entitled 'What kind of military does Ukraine want and need? Assessing the importance of strategic and political context for military reforms' was funded by the British Academy.[17][18]
Publications
editBooks
edit- Russia's Military Revival (2018)[19]
- Russia and Hybrid Warfare-going beyond the Label (2016), with Hanna Smith
- Securitising Russia: The Domestic Politics of Vladimir Putin (2006), with Edwin Bacon and Julian Cooper[20]
Selected articles
edit- Renz, B. (2016) Russia and ‘Hybrid Warfare’, Contemporary Politics, 22:3, 283–300.
- Sinovets, P. A., & Renz, B. (2015). Russia's 2014 Military Doctrine and beyond: Threat Perceptions, Capabilities and Ambitions. NATO Defense College.
- Renz, B. (2006) Putin's Militocracy? An Alternative Interpretation of Siloviki in Contemporary Russian Politics, Europe-Asia Studies, 58:6, 903-924
References
edit- ^ "Russia's revamped military learns from failures of the past". Financial Times. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "Russia and Ukraine meet for sixth round of talks". ABC Radio National. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ Croitoru, Joseph. "NATO und Ukraine: Wobei sollte der Westen der Ukraine helfen?". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ a b "Bettina Renz". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Bettina Renz". VoxUkraine. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Russia's Military Revival". Air University (AU). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "Editorial Board Members". USAWC Press. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "50 faces of CREES #03 - Dr Bettina Renz (1999-2006)". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ Crider, Stephanie (2022-04-08). "Dr. Bettina Renz – Russia and Ukraine". Strategic Studies Institute. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "Russia's Military Revival". King's College London. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Bettina Renz". Warsaw Security Forum. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "Student was 'studying terrorism'". BBC. 2008-05-23. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "Lecturers petition home secretary over Nottingham administrator's deportation". the Guardian. 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ a b "The Ukraine-Russia Crisis: Regional and Global Implications?". The Azure Forum for Contemporary Security Strategy. 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "New Research Division Publication: "Russia's 2014 Military Doctrine and beyond: threat perceptions, capabilities and ambitions"". NATO Defense College. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "Bettina Renz". US Army War College. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ Whitmore, Dr Sarah (2022-03-09). "Russia and Ukraine: cometh Ze man". UK in a changing Europe. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "Dr Sarah Whitmore". Oxford Brookes University. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ Reviews of Russia’s Military Revival:
- Ippoliti, J. Alexander (September 11, 2019). "Book Reviews". Air & Space Power Journal.
- Katrandzhiev, Valentin (November 2019). European Politics and Society. 21 (1): 144–146. doi:10.1080/23745118.2020.1689955. S2CID 211467380.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Levine, Ilya (March 2021). Central European Journal of International and Security Studies. 15 (1). Metropolitan University Prague: 89–91. doi:10.51870/cejiss.r150102. S2CID 233613062.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Markovic Khaze, Nina (August 2019). Europe-Asia Studies. 71 (7): 1253–1255. doi:10.1080/09668136.2019.1633142. S2CID 203303045.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Monaghan, Andrew (Winter 2018–2019). Parameters. 48 (4): 84–85. ProQuest 2261268257.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Moraski, Bryon J. (December 2020). Perspectives on Politics. 18 (4): 1295–1297. doi:10.1017/s1537592720002558. S2CID 230642436.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Schmidt, Matthew J. (2019). Political Science Quarterly. 134 (3): 545–546. doi:10.1002/polq.12949. S2CID 203519575.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Stent, Angela (January 2019). "Russia and Eurasia". Survival. 61 (1): 229–230. doi:10.1080/00396338.2019.1568055. S2CID 219644427.
- Taylor, Brian D. (October 2020). "Taylor on Renz". H-net.
- White, D. Jonathan (October 2019). "Review". Journal of Military History. 83 (4): 1356–1357.
- ^ Review of Securitising Russia:
- Morales, Javier (January 2008). "Crítica de libros". UNISCI Discussion Papers (in Spanish) (16): 279–280.