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What Phillips P. OBrien thinks about America

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Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of St Andrews and author of How the War Was Won; writes Phillips's Newsletter on the war in Ukraine and on Western strategy.

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  1. Our readingThe American military is being run on the Russian model rather than the Ukrainian one, and it should be rebuilt on the Ukrainian principles instead.

    Their wordsThe US military is being run by a group that apes the Russians and not the Ukrainians—when we have in front of us one of the best statements of command principles I have ever seen from the latter.

    ↗Weekend Update #201: It Will Be A Brutal Fall and Winterphillipspobrien.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece

    Russiawar

    Interesting
  2. 7 days earlier

  3. Our readingStates do not behave like predators by nature, and the American alliance system is the standing proof of it.

    Their wordsIf there is one thing we can say that has been shown, it is that states do not behave like this by nature.

    ↗Weekend Update #200: Summer Is Ending, The Russian Offensive Is A Failure So Farphillipspobrien.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

    Interesting
  4. 2 weeks earlier

  5. Our readingThe small amounts of American military aid still reaching Ukraine are a lever for controlling how Ukraine fights, not an attempt to help it win.

    Their wordsThe USA has kept dribbling small amounts of military support for Ukraine because it gives the USA a great deal of leverage, the ability to both shape how Ukraine fights its war and even how European states prepare.

    ↗Weekend Update #198: Russia's Allies Are More Helpful Than Ukraine'sphillipspobrien.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece

    Europewar

    Interesting