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Ep 335: A Deep Dive Into Ukraine vs Russia

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The Problem With Centralization in Russia

There is a big problem in Russia which is of excessive centralization. Frontline people are often conscripts, there are prisoners who are being brought in as conscripts. The Russian way of war involves a lot of obedience probably culturally consistent with authoritarian structure and then people at the front line are not thinking too much thinking too well. So you need a very flexible nimble creative clever, not dumb conscripts or dumb grants. If a CEO is telling everybody in an organization what to do, that organization will be very mediocre. And I'm saying everything applies here - it's all about business.

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