Mick Ryan is a retired major general in the Australian Army and an expert on modern warfare.
He was the head of the Australian Defence College and was made a member of the Order of Australia for his leadership of Australia’s first reconstruction task force in Afghanistan. A prolific writer and commentator, Mick’s analysis has featured in the Sydney Morning Herald, Foreign Policy Magazine and The Economist. His book, War Transformed is compulsory reading for those seeking to understand the future of great power rivalry.
Mick and Misha discuss all things related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine including how Ukraine’s military is reshaping global thinking about modern warfare, Putin’s change of military leadership and what that means for Russia’s strategy, the role of smartphone technology and modern information systems in warfare, why leadership is so crucial to military success, what will happen in 2023 and why Ukraine is a key battlefront for the future of democracy.
You can follow Mick online at @wartransformed
You can follow Misha at @mishazelinsky and @diplomates.show
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