My regular update on global conflict. This week: Gerasimov's Ukraine war update and the ongoing aerial campaigns of Ukraine and Russia, Japan's missile moves, China's big parade and my Big Five reads.
Mick - in the Ukraine News Shorts in today's Big Five, the link to the story about Ukrainian tanks destroying Russian infiltrators point-blank after an attempted Russian river crossing near Lyman goes to a different story. Great and highly informative reading as always.
May I suggest this post on European forces as a security guarantee to Ukraine. Written by a retired British Army officer.
Reassurance Force Redux: Ukraine and the Allies
On deploying western forces to Ukraine
Matthew Palmer
Aug 20, 2025
https://crackingdefence.substack.com/p/reassurance-force-redux-ukraine-and
Mick - in the Ukraine News Shorts in today's Big Five, the link to the story about Ukrainian tanks destroying Russian infiltrators point-blank after an attempted Russian river crossing near Lyman goes to a different story. Great and highly informative reading as always.
I note a new edition (finally) of Geoffrey Blainey’s Causes of War has been released. I’d love to read your review of his take on the causes of war.