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.
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Show Notes
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.
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• 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