Ep 89: Mick Ryan on Ukraine, Taiwan, and Future War

Mick Ryan, Major General (retired) in the Australian Army and author of White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan, joins the show to talk about the war today in Ukraine, the potential war in Taiwan, and the changing character of war itself. ▪️ Times      •    02:22 Introduction      •    05:49 China on Australia’s radar     •    11:56 Ukrainian progress      •    17:26 Timeframe      •   24:00 “We’re helping them tread water. We’re not helping them swim.”     •    27:37 What is China learning from Ukraine?     •    35:20 Can China pull off its own Operation Neptune?      •    41:12 Looking to the past     •   44:35 White Sun War      •    51:23 Everything new is old Follow along on Instagram http://schoolofwar.substack.com