In The News
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This Marine vet created a wargame for enlisted leadersMarine Times | 17 Mar 2023
Sebastian Bae says, “I wanted Marines to understand Force Design 2030 and why these changes were happening and why the commandant was making the changes he was.”
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Chinese Company Admits Its Drone Was Shot Down in UkraineNewsweek | 16 Mar 2023
Samuel Bendett says that Russia claims that Ukraine uses the same Mugin drones for long-range strikes into Crimea and Russia proper.
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US digs into global stockpile to meet Ukraine's arms demandsFirstpost | 16 Mar 2023
Michael Kofman says, “If we don’t supply them with enough artillery, this whole thing is an intellectual exercise.”
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U.S. MQ-9 'Reaper' Drones Compared to Russia's 'Orion' UAVNewsweek | 14 Mar 2023
Samuel Bendett says that the Reaper "is much better than Orion since it's been flying for many years and is a much more battle-proven platform than the Russian drone."
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Disquiet Over India’s Dam Across the DibangThe Diplomat | 14 Mar 2023
Nilanthi Samaranayake says “For example, uncertainty over sedimentation and food security outcomes raises anxiety for both India and Bangladesh. In particular, there are concerns in Bangladesh, as the lowest riparian, about water quality impacts.”
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Ukraine short of skilled troops and munitions as losses, pessimism growThe Washington Post | 13 Mar 2023
Michael Kofman says, “The question is whether Ukraine’s relative advantage is sufficient to attain their objectives, and whether those advantages can be sustained. That depends not just on them, but also on the West.”
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Commentary: China’s space success is ready to launch - with or without foreign partnersChannel News Asia | 13 Mar 2023
Brian Waidelich wrote, “In 2016, a Chinese astronaut participated in an ESA astronaut training course. The next year, two European astronauts carried out sea survival training with their Chinese counterparts. But after 2017, the budding human spaceflight cooperation between the two sides hit a snag.”
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What will the war bring in 2023? Illia Ponomarenko interviews Michael Kofman and Rob LeeThe Kyiv Independent | 09 Mar 2023
The Kyiv Independent's Illia Ponomarenko sits down with military analysts Michael Kofman, director of the Russia Studies Program at CNA, and Rob Lee, senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute's Eurasia Program, to discuss the current situation on the battlefields, Ukraine's planned counteroffensive and Russia's attempts to stop it, and the likely developments in Russia's war against Ukraine in 2023.
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Bakhmut: Ukrainian losses may limit capacity for counter-attackThe Irish Times | 09 Mar 2023
Michael Kofman says that the argument about Ukraine’s diminished counter-offensive capacity “may be overstated; I think the main question is to what extent does defence of Bakhmut represent a strategy with diminishing returns relative to other options.”
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Video Shows Ukraine Drone Drop Grenades on Unsuspecting RussiansNewsweek | 07 Mar 2023
Samuel Bendett says, "Russian forces began countering Ukrainian electronic warfare by launching very small DJI drones like Mavic2 in order to see how they behave in order to determine EW (electronic warfare) presence before launching larger and heavier DJI combat drones."
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What’s at stake as Ukraine clings onto BakhmutNews Break | 06 Mar 2023
Michael Kofman says that holding Bakhmut has allowed Ukraine to grind down Russian power, but clinging to the town could be costly.
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Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Mar 06, 23] Sam Bendett & A Look at the Week AheadDefense & Aerospace Report | 06 Mar 2023
Samuel Bendett says, “It is likely that the Russians are going to continue to press around Bakhmut. The situation for the Ukrainian military there is very precarious.”
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China’s space success is ready to launch — with or without foreign partnersEast Asia Forum | 04 Mar 2023
Brian Waidelich wrote, On 25 January 2023, Space News reported that the European Space Agency (ESA) no longer intends to send European astronauts to Tiangong, China’s newly completed space station.
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Blinken face-to-face with Russian counterpart at G20 summitPBS NewsHour | 02 Mar 2023
The world’s 20 wealthiest nations met in New Delhi for the G20 summit. But the gathering on global cooperation was largely overshadowed by bitter disagreement on the war in Ukraine and concluded with no consensus. Amna Nawaz discussed the meeting, and China's and India’s support for Russia, with Sumit Ganguly and Elizabeth Wishnick.
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How long will the war in Ukraine go on for?New Stateman | 27 Feb 2023
Michael Kofman says, "Gerasimov is exhausting the Russian armed forces with a feckless series of offensive operations, which may yield some gains, like Bakhmut, but [are] unlikely to change the strategic picture.
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Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Feb 27, 23] Sam Bendett & Byron CallanDefen se & Aerospace Daily | 27 Feb 2023
Sam Bendett says, “Wagner’s influence goes way beyond Ukraine, and it is a useful tool for the Russian state to operate in areas where they don’t want to operate officially.”