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What Lawrence Freedman thinks about Russia

@lawrence-freedman · 14 positions · 0 changes of mind

Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London and official historian of the Falklands campaign; writes on strategy at Comment is Freed.

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2 dated positions, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Lawrence Freedman has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingThe West is not doing Ukraine a favour by helping it resist Russia; Ukraine is doing the West a favour.

    Their wordsThe West is not doing Ukraine a favour by helping it resist aggression; it is Ukraine doing the West a favour.

    ↗'As Long as it Takes': What does it mean to commit to Ukraine's security?samf.substack.com 1st of 9 in this piece

    war

    Interesting

  3. Our readingPutin set out to demilitarise Ukraine and has achieved the opposite.

    Their wordsRecall that one of Putin’s objectives in 2022 was to ‘demilitarise’ Ukraine. He has achieved the opposite.

    ↗'As Long as it Takes': What does it mean to commit to Ukraine's security?samf.substack.com 7th of 9 in this piece

    war

    Interesting