Mick Ryan - To Avoid Ukrainian Defeat by a Thousand Cuts the NATO Strategy Needs to Radically Change
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Published 2024-07-10
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CHAPTERS:
00:02:11 It’s troubling that the largest land war since WWII is getting so little coverage
00:06:39 The great moral challenge with Spheres of influence as a geopolitical idea
00:11:10 Some terrible rules and red lines have been imposed on Ukraine by the US
00:14:14 China's interests are served by this war continuing because it distracts the US
00:21:05 Extraordinary pace of evolution of electronic warfare with drones and tactics
00:27:54 The British military has been run down in size, but not run down in quality
00:34:13 Russia’s extraordinarily profligate strategies risk exhaustion and defeat
00:36:50 No battalion ever thinks it's got enough ammunition and they’re probably right
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Mick Ryan is a retired major general in the Australian Army. A graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and the U.S. Marine Corps University Command and Staff College and School of Advanced Warfighting. He has commanded at platoon, squadron, regiment, task force, and brigade level. In January 2018, he assumed command of the Australian Defence College in Canberra, Australia. In 2021 he was an adjunct scholar at the Modern War Institute. He completed his 35-year career with the Australian Army and transitioned to the Army Reserve as a major general on February 27, 2022. His book, War Transformed, was published in 2022, ‘White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan’ was published in 2023, and his latest book "The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire", will be released on 13th August 2023.
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LINKS:
x.com/WarintheFuture
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www.csis.org/people/mick-ryan
mwi.westpoint.edu/adjunct-scholars/mick-ryan/
x.com/LowyInstitute
x.com/CSIS
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BOOKS:
War Transformed: The Future of Twenty-First-Century Great Power Competition and Conflict Hardcover (2022)
White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan (2023)
The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire (2024)
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ARTICLES:
www.forces.net/ukraine/death-thousand-cuts-warns-f…
www.businessinsider.com/russia-is-more-dangerous-t…
www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/07/04/it-took-r…
edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/02/02/exp-mick-r…
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/ukraine-war-…
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All Comments (21)
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NATO is trying to make an omelette without breaking any eggs.
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Mick Ryan is a great guest. Always well informed, insightful and keenly analytical. Never afraid to speak the truth. Thanks for hosting him with well put questions, Jonathan. Loved seeing you on Jake Broe's live pod with all your British cohorts the other day, too!
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Mick Ryan is an Australian legend and the USA needs to listen to him
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Thank you so much Jonathan, please keep doing what you are doing. There is no replacement for people understanding the value of democracy and what it takes to defend it.
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Mick is always interesting and a great supporter of Ukraine. Proud he and I have cooperated on support for medics in this war.
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NATO should have changed months ago..... i pray its not too late....
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Best one yet Jonathan, how great to get an objective perspective that isn't European or American.
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Intelligent conversation and point of veiw. Thank you, I hope your words are taken to heart by world democratic leaders.
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Another great guest! Thank you for your tremendous work, Jonathan!! 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸
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Keep doing such a great job, Jonathan!
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Rayn is very-very good--Thanks, Henning olsen, Denmark
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Mick is always right on point with the information he shares. One of the most credible experts on the real state of the Ukraine conflict and current world politics
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We need more Mick Ryan in our lives. Thank you Jonathan for a fantastic episode.
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Superb interview. Thank you.
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Thanks Johnathan & Mick 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘💪
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Thank you, Jonathan. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
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Thank you Jonathan Fink and all your wonderful Guests. I wish policy makers would listen to Mick Ryan 💙💛
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Mick Ryan has his shit in one sock. A military slang, for he knows what he is talking about. NATO needs to listen.
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My word.....this chap knows his onions!
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Great guest here , an Aussie that understands the issues and the way forward ..
