The Russian Army Is Adapting to Modern Warfare

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Shashank Joshi is the defence editor at The Economist. He says Russia's invasion of Ukraine has hardly gone to plan. But despite all this, its army does appear to be improving its tactics. And that could pose a serious problem for the Ukrainian counter-offensive.

From infantry to air defences and even electronic warfare, improved strategies and engineering could threaten Ukraine’s counter-offensive plans. How can these ramped-up defences be breached? What would a world of superintelligent AI look like? We use economic theory to conduct a thought experiment. And a tribute to the British novelist Martin Amis.

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