The Russian Army Is Learning, but It Still Has a Problem

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The Russian army still has enormous strategic problems. They've spent a year trying to capture the town of Buckmoot, but it has cost them maybe 20,000 dead Russians if you believe American figures. Clearly, they're in a pretty bad spot. We've just seen this astonishing rant from the front line about how Russia is losing the war.

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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