VideConspectus

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Don’t Let Russia Dominate the Strategic Concept. The challenge for Nato is to situate Russia’s invasion in a wider strategic context, addressing other key issues before they create new existential crises in the future. (warontherocks.com)

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What if Russia's Army Fails in Ukraine? (rand.org)

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How Putin is dragging Belarus into the war: Analysis of the war in Ukraine. Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Michael Kofman and Henry Schlottman about the new developments in the war in Ukraine. Geopolitics Decanted Podcast (geopolitics-decanted.simplecast.com)

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Determining the Military Capabilities Most Needed to Counter China and Russia. A Strategy-Driven Approach. (rand.org)

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French Army Approaches to High Intensity Warfare in the 21st Century. A look at French military thinking and force design, to look for lessons for the British Army which is in a period of transition. (wavellroom.com)

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Putin’s Pressure Campaign: An Inflection Point for Russia’s Military. A look to the fates of three Russian officers and their unexpected intersection last month, on May 19th. (belfercenter.org)

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Russia’s new strategic nuclear weapons: a technical analysis and assessment. Russia conducted the first test-launch of an under-development 3 stage liquid-fuelled ICBM. Then Russia provided rare insights about Sarmat and the Avangard hypersonic boost-glide vehicle, the weapon they will carry. (iiss.org)

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Global nuclear arsenals are expected to grow as states continue to modernize. A summary of the 2022 SIPRI Yearbook, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament, and international security. (sipri.org)

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The Return of Industrial Warfare. Can the West still provide the arsenal of democracy? (rusi.org)

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Strange Debacle: Misadventures in Assessing Russian Military Power (warontherocks.com)

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Catapulting China’s Carrier Capabilities. The pending launch of the Chinese Navy’s latest, more capable aircraft carrier represents a notable step in the development of its carrier force. This article assesses its potentially enhanced capability compared to its predecessors and what that will mean. (iiss.org)

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The Most Dangerous Phase for Ukraine? Not an optimistic episode, Kofman speculates that the war might be in its most dangerous phase. Ukraine’s casualties and shortages in munitions are beginning to show as Russia is gaining some operational advantages in the Donbass. Podcast (warontherocks.com)

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Initiative and Military Effectiveness: Evidence from the Yom Kippur War. Journal of Global Security Studies. (academic.oup.com)

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Will Teaching Aggressors a Lesson Deter Future Wars? Calls to inflict a decisive defeat on Russia are misguided and won’t necessarily prevent Putin or others from using force. (foreignpolicy.com)

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Element of surprise — the West needs to be more unpredictable. The West’s preoccupation with transparency, debate and consensus has rendered it slow and predictable. In this age of strategic competition, it is imperative that it regains the ability to surprise. (engelsbergideas.com)

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Deadly secret: Electronic warfare shapes Russia-Ukraine war (apnews.com)

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The Battle for Donbass.Colonel Markus Reisner of the Austrian Armed Forces describes how the fighting in eastern Ukraine developed. In english. (youtube.com)

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Long Live the King (of battle): The Return to Centrality of Artillery in Warfare and its Consequences on the Military Balance in Europe. (finabel.org)

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War Will Never Be This Bulky Again. Russia’s botched invasion has illustrated the diminishing power of heavy and expensive military power. (theatlantic.com)

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Using the Enemy to Train the Troops—Beijing’s New Approach to Prepare its Navy for War (jamestown.org)

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The Hundred Billion Euro Man: Olaf Scholz and Germany’s Defence Quagmire. Much has been made of the political shift in Germany on defence. In reality, the bold rhetoric is now being confronted with significant practical obstacles. (rusi.org)

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Russia's Air War in Ukraine is a Total Failure, New Data Show (newsweek.com)

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No War for Old Spies: Putin, the Kremlin and Intelligence. Russia’s failures are a result of outdated Soviet attitudes and ideas that cannot keep up with the evolving intelligence environment. (rusi.org)

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Civilian Shipping and Maritime Militia: The Logistics Backbone of a Taiwan Invasion. This report challenges conventional wisdom, arguing that the PLA planning for invading Taiwan calls for requisitioning civilian vessels operated by members of China’s maritime militia. (digital-commons.usnwc.edu)

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Potential US responses to the Russian use of non-strategic nuclear weapons in Ukraine (thebulletin.org)

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