American writer, journalist, and veteran Elliot Ackerman discusses the U.S. military and defense sector, how the defense industry operates, its reliance on technology, the role of politics and cynicism in war, and how Russia’s strikes on civilians reveal its weakness.
In what ways does the American approach to defense and the organization of the defense sector fall short of the Ukrainianapproach? Can Europe and the United States rapidly scaleup their capacity to produce the weapons they need?How do people misunderstand the nature of war?What do the Biden and Trump administrations havein common in their approaches to Ukraine?What questions should humanity, and the UnitedStates in particular, be asking about the privatization of the military sector and defense technologies?Why is Ackerman optimistic about the future ofUkrainian veterans?
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