Understanding Emotions and Strategies in Modern Warfare

Mick Ryan, retired major general in the Australian Army and author of 

The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire, joins the show to discuss the evolving battlefield and cycles of change and innovation going on in Ukraine. 

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Times 

    •      01:35 Introduction

    •      02:17 Touring the front 

    •      05:11 No place safe

    •      07:01 Change  

    •      11:24 Wire guided drones   

    •      15:31 Task organization   

    •      20:38 Drone defense     

    •      22:49 Is artillery dead?

    •      26:39 Rethinking procurement 

    •      30:34 2014     

    •      33:07 Putin’s objectives

    •      36:05 Formula for ceasefire   

    •      38:02 A just solution   

    •      39:41 Surprise is alive and well     

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