Major General Mick Ryan, Australian Army (retired), Senior Fellow for Military Studies at the Lowy Institute, adjunct fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and author of the Futura Doctrina Substack joins the show to dissect the current state of the war in Iran. Is this conflict entering a postmortem phase, or are we still in the middle of it? How has America performed so far? How does this war connect to the Pacific theater? Are we adapting for a broader global conflict, and are our adversaries adapting as well?
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002:20 Iran war impact on Australia
05:06 American performance in this war
06:22 Israeli partnership over NATO
08:21 Strait of Hormuz closure
13:07 Is the US prepared for a long-term war?
15:50 Importance of AI
18:17 Israeli performance
18:55 Iran frustrating US objectives
19:26 Lessons for Taiwan
20:31 Does political decapitation work?
22:41 How is the Axis learning from this conflict
25:44 China’s interest in the Middle East
29:04 Grim predictions of the road ahead
30:40 Iranian hardliners
31:16 Importance of getting the strait open
34:29 Pilot rescue mission
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