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The latest #Ukraine update from Institute for the Study of War and Critical Threats

This week I have been in Honolulu to attend the 2024 Land Forces in the Pacific conference (LANPAC). You can read my wrap up of the event, including the the three key strategic themes that emerged, in my new article. #LANPAC24
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An important piece from the Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia on why a senior government representative should attend this peace conference. Australia’s security interests are not restricted to, and must not focus only on, the South Pacific. Vasyl Myroshnychenko #Ukraine

LTGEN Stuart LTGEN Simon Stuart, GEN Park (COS Republic of Korea Army), GEN Morishita (COS Japanese Ground Self Defence Force) and GEN Flynn (CG USARPAC) sitting down at LANPAC for a historic panel on the important of land power in the region. Brief live thread …

The latest #Ukraine update from Institute for the Study of War and Critical Threats

A 21st century HMS Argus (first aircraft carrier) or a modern day Edsel? We will find out soon enough, but this is an interesting initiative, and something worth experimenting with, from the PLA. navalnews.com/naval-news/202…

Happening now - Chinese coast guard & militia vessels have gathered at The Scarborough Shoals, South China Sea in order to block access to a Philippines civilian flotilla, this visual shows how the large force Beijing has deployed, asserts its territorial ambitions in the region

In Ukraine, Russia is Beginning to Compound Advantages | Royal United Services Institute rusi.org/explore-our-re…

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“US policy has effectively created a vast sanctuary in which Russia has been able to amass its ground invasion force and from which it is launching glide bombs and other long-range strike systems in support of its renewed invasion.  Whatever the merits of this US policy before

I am looking forward to attending, and speaking at, the LANPAC symposium this week. It is my first one! #LANPAC2024 Assn. of the US Army

A useful update from Damien Symon on the situation in the Sputh China Sea between The Philippines and China.

Started reading this on the weekend. Loving it so far. Thank you Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 for sharing this story.

Another superb battlefield report from ⁦Francis Farrell⁩ of the ⁦The Kyiv Independent⁩, this time reporting from the area around #Vovchansk kyivindependent.com/civilians-flee…

China accomplished what it set out to do in February — normalize military activity around & within Kinmen’s waters, operating with near impunity & establishing a permanent presence at Taiwan’s strategic frontline island.

Gradually, then suddenly — the Kinmen Crisis 🧵

The latest update, including an initial assessment of the #Shoigu replacement, from Institute for the Study of War and Critical Threats

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