Presentations
Auxilia provides tailored lectures and presentations for professional, academic, military and public-sector audiences.
Sessions are designed to clarify complex developments without oversimplifying them. They combine operational experience, academic research and strategic analysis to help audiences understand what is changing, what remains constant and why it matters.
Each presentation is tailored to the audience, purpose and level of prior knowledge.
INSURGENCY IN THE SAHARA-SAHEL
These presentations examine how non-state armed groups organise, govern, finance and fight.
They combine operational experience in Mali with academic research on insurgency, state formation, armed-group behaviour and the political economy of conflict. The sessions help audiences understand how insurgent organisations compete with states, generate legitimacy, exploit local grievances and adapt over time.
This theme is particularly relevant for military, policy, academic and security-sector audiences seeking to understand irregular warfare, fragile states and armed-group resilience.
RUSSIAN STRATEGIC CULTURE
These presentations examine Russian strategic culture as the interaction of geography, history, political culture, threat perception and institutional experience.
Rather than reducing Russian behaviour to individual leaders or short-term events, the sessions explain the deeper assumptions, narratives and habits that shape Russian foreign policy, military strategy and the use of force.
This theme is suitable for audiences seeking a structured understanding of Russian behaviour, escalation dynamics and European security.
The Russo-Ukrainian War: strategic background
These presentations offer a strategic-level analysis of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
They examine political objectives, military strategy, escalation dynamics, centres of gravity, adaptation and the relationship between ends, ways and means. The analysis integrates Russian strategic culture with the conduct of war and warfare in Ukraine.
The aim is to help audiences understand not only what happened, but why it happened, how it evolved and what it means for European defence and security.
The Russo-Ukrainian War: battlefield observations
These presentations focus on tactical and operational developments in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Drawing on publicly available evidence, practitioner accounts and cross-checked reporting, the sessions examine how drones, sensors, fires, logistics, dispersion, fortification, electronic warfare and adaptation are changing the battlefield.
The presentation connects observable developments to practical implications for tactics, training, procurement, readiness and professional military education.
Russian way of warfare
This presentation examines the idea of a distinct “Russian way of warfare.” Rather than treating Russian military practice as a single, timeless tradition, it identifies recurring patterns across the Imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods. Drawing on historical and contemporary case studies, the presentation explores how these recurring characteristics have shaped Russian warfare.
Leadership, moral courage and decision-making under pressure
These presentations explore leadership in demanding circumstances, where risk, responsibility, values and organisational pressure collide.
The sessions are suitable for leadership programmes, professional ethics settings, military audiences and public-sector organisations. They combine personal experience, practical reflection and academic insight to support serious discussion about judgement, responsibility and moral courage.
format
Presentations can be delivered as keynote lectures, expert briefings, seminars or interactive sessions.
Typical duration ranges from 45 minutes to two hours. Longer sessions can be developed as workshops or professional education modules.