EPISODE · Mar 30, 2023 · 34 MIN
Is This Any Way to Run a War?
from New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast · host Tällberg Foundation
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has settled into a grueling, vicious war of attrition with no end in sight. However, there is a growing consensus in NATO capitals that a long war not only favors Russia but has the potential for nasty, unintended consequences. What does not seem to exist is a strategy to do something about it. Lots of rhetoric: “Ukraine will win” and “we will do what it takes” as well as tactics galore. But define an endgame or a strategy to get there? Missing in action. Anna Wieslander, a Swedish defense and security expert, has had the temerity to point out that the West has no strategy. Listen as host Alan Stoga discusses with her what it might take to end this war, one way or the other.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has settled into a grueling, vicious war of attrition with no end in sight. However, there is a growing consensus in NATO capitals that a long war not only favors Russia but has the potential for nasty, unintended consequences. What does not seem to exist is a strategy to do something about it. Lots of rhetoric: “Ukraine will win” and “we will do what it takes” as well as tactics galore. But define an endgame or a strategy to get there? Missing in action. Anna Wieslander, a Swedish defense and security expert, has had the temerity to point out that the West has no strategy. Listen as host Alan Stoga discusses with her what it might take to end this war, one way or the other.
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