Strategist, Leader & Author | Retd Army Major General | Senior Fellow in Military Studies @LowyInstitute | @CSIS | Modern & Future war studies | Futura Doctrina substack | #BannedInRussia
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My new assessment, "Losing on Every Dimension." My thesis: Putin is losing not in one or two dimensions but in every one that honestly measures strategic progress: military, cognitive, moral, industrial, economic. Read it here: mickryan.substack.com/p/losing-on-...
“Senior officers in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) may be doing too little to advance military development and war preparation.” Another brilliant analysis from @KTristanTang jamestown.org/signs-of-pas...
Dear friends, sent out this fundraiser this morning, so touched by the quick response from you 🙏😭 you are truly wonderful.
(**And I will absolutely take all the Canadian dollars as well 😂)
If you can contribute for some truly amazing Ukrainians, more here:
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My latest discussion with the Frontline team at Times Radio about the war in Ukraine, and Putin’s losing strategy. youtu.be/ZRaBS0Mm21o?...
A letter for Putin spurned. A strike exchange that grows heavier by the week. A drone campaign turning the road to Crimea into burning fuel trucks. And in the Pacific, Beijing fighting a narrative war with Japan. Read my latest weekly update here: mickryan.substack.com/p/the-writin...
For those who are interested in my new report, you can listen to a conversation about it at the Lowy Institute podcast here:
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“The 3rd Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has officially declared that key towns and logistical routes across occupied Luhansk are now under the operational control of Ukrainian drones.” Ukraine’s mid-range strike campaign accelerates.
www.kyivpost.com/post/77237
Today, my new report on the systemic learning disorder in western military organisations - their inability to learn and adapt quickly from other people’s wars - is published by the Lowy Institute.
You can read the full report at the link below.
www.lowyinstitute.org/publications...
My weekly update covers Ukraine's drone interdiction campaign, formalised as a "Logistical Lockdown" program. Combined with issues like Taiwan's new Littoral Combat Command and China's nuclear expansion revealed by Reuters, there is much to unpack. mickryan.substack.com/p/highway-to...
“What we haven't seen is a large-scale effort, particularly in the ADF, to get people into Ukraine and undertake large-scale learning activities.” My conversation with Sam Roggeveen as we discuss my new report on learning from modern war.
www.lowyinstitute.org/podcast/the-...
An Assessment of Russia's Strategic Position in 2026, (Part 1)
There are lots of developments in Ukraine and in the region that I am excited to share with you soon — but please listen to the embedded audio, which shares a request for some immediate aid for some o...
My weekly update. This week, Ukraine's logistic lockdown and its integration with tactical and deep strike operations, the new Taiwanese Littoral Combat Command and my Big 5 recommended reads.
Executive Summary: On May 27, Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin (张升民) chaired a special meeting on “deepening the equipping [of the armed forces] with Xi Jinping Thought o...
Battlefield evidence is everywhere. The will to act on it is the missing Western capability.
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The 3rd Army Corps has announced a major drone operation to control key logistical routes across occupied Luhansk, launching precision strikes up to 205 km deep.
This week, Zelenskyy's open letter, Putin closes the door on peace, Russia continues to lose ground, and China's narrative war against Japan, as well as my Big 5 recommended reads.
