It’s behind a modest membership pay wall, but the range of regular podcasts by War on the Rocks, particularly Warcast (more tactical/military focus) and Net Assessment (more geopolitical), have been typically very good. Last couple weeks they’ve put out some good material in a timely manner. Pretty level headed and thoughtful.
Yes, was thinking that myself, especially about the corporations. It is easy for corporations to come out against Russia as Russia isn't a huge market for them, but to come out against China and stop doing business with them if/when they attack Taiwan, that will take some fortitude.
An Israeli friend of mine thinks that all this in Ukraine is Chinese experiment to evaluate international response to a territorial seizure in XXI century.
Oh yes, I certainly think the Chinese are observing closely the Western response. But I think it will be a different with Taiwan due to different dynamics (Europe not directly threatened by Chinese takeover of Taiwan, money at stake with China's economy, etc...)
rusi.org
Attached is an interesting report from the Brits about Russia’s poor use of air power.
Is the Russian Air Force Actually Incapable of Complex Air Operations?
More than a week into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Air Force has yet to commence large-scale operations. Inactivity in the first few days could be ascribed to various factors, but the continued absence of major air operations now raises serious capability questions.
Wow, didn't notice that Griz and I had the same Brit. As for CSIS, I was in a brief by them at work about a week before this all happened. Their open source intel was impressive.
